diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b358f20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+
+*.iml
+*.xml
diff --git a/figpager/figpager.py b/figpager/figpager.py
index 02527f2..34c5342 100755
--- a/figpager/figpager.py
+++ b/figpager/figpager.py
@@ -161,8 +161,8 @@ def __init__(
                         raise IOError(
                             "Output file already exists and user chose not to overwrite."
                         )
-                # hold file type
-                self.type = os.path.splitext(outfile)[1][1:]
+            # hold file type
+            self.type = os.path.splitext(outfile)[1][1:]
 
             # hold outfile full path
             self.outfile = outfile