diff --git a/beeref/fileio/sql.py b/beeref/fileio/sql.py
index 3dd7682..0905b5e 100644
--- a/beeref/fileio/sql.py
+++ b/beeref/fileio/sql.py
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 def is_bee_file(path):
     """Check whether the file at the given path is a bee file."""
 
-    print(os.path.splitext(path)[1])
     return os.path.splitext(path)[1] == '.bee'
 
 
diff --git a/beeref/utils.py b/beeref/utils.py
index 67c5a34..1ff8113 100644
--- a/beeref/utils.py
+++ b/beeref/utils.py
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with BeeRef.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
+import re
+
 from PyQt6 import QtCore, QtGui
 
 
@@ -66,3 +68,13 @@ def round_to(number, base):
     """
 
     return base * round(number / base)
+
+
+def get_file_extension_from_format(formatstr):
+    """Extracts the first file extension from a Qt file dialog format,
+    e.g. 'JPEG (*.jpg *.jpeg)' yields 'jpg'.
+    """
+
+    extensions = re.match(r'.* \((.*)\)', formatstr).groups()[0]
+    ext = extensions.split()[0]
+    return ext.removeprefix('*.')
diff --git a/beeref/view.py b/beeref/view.py
index b21532d..c29e026 100644
--- a/beeref/view.py
+++ b/beeref/view.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ from beeref import widgets
 from beeref.items import BeePixmapItem, BeeTextItem
 from beeref.main_controls import MainControlsMixin
 from beeref.scene import BeeGraphicsScene
+from beeref.utils import get_file_extension_from_format
 
 
 commandline_args = CommandlineArgs()
@@ -366,7 +367,7 @@ class BeeGraphicsView(MainControlsMixin,
             self.undo_stack.setClean()
 
     def do_save(self, filename, create_new):
-        if not filename.endswith('.bee'):
+        if not fileio.is_bee_file(filename):
             filename = f'{filename}.bee'
         self.worker = fileio.ThreadedIO(
             fileio.save_bee, filename, self.scene, create_new=create_new)
@@ -397,14 +398,20 @@ class BeeGraphicsView(MainControlsMixin,
 
     def on_action_export_scene(self):
         directory = os.path.dirname(self.filename) if self.filename else None
-        filename, f = QtWidgets.QFileDialog.getSaveFileName(
+        filename, formatstr = QtWidgets.QFileDialog.getSaveFileName(
             parent=self,
             caption='Export Scene to Image',
             directory=directory,
             filter=';;'.join(('Image Files (*.png *.jpg *.jpeg)',
                               'PNG (*.png)',
                               'JPEG (*.jpg *.jpeg)')))
+
         if filename:
+            name, ext = os.path.splitext(filename)
+            if not ext:
+                ext = get_file_extension_from_format(formatstr)
+                filename = f'{filename}.{ext}'
+            print(filename)
             logger.debug(f'Got export filename {filename}')
             exporter = SceneToPixmapExporter(self.scene)
             dialog = widgets.SceneToPixmapExporterDialog(
diff --git a/tests/test_utils.py b/tests/test_utils.py
index 3d69f55..48b9845 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -63,3 +63,11 @@ def test_get_rect_from_points_given_topright_bottomleft():
                           (3.1, 0.5, 3.0)])
 def test_round_to(number, base, expected):
     assert utils.round_to(number, base) == expected
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('formatstr,expected',
+                         [('Image Files (*.png *.jpg *.jpeg)', 'png'),
+                          ('PNG (*.png)', 'png'),
+                          ('JPEG (*.jpg *.jpeg)', 'jpg')])
+def test_get_file_extension_from_format(formatstr, expected):
+    assert utils.get_file_extension_from_format(formatstr) == expected
diff --git a/tests/test_view.py b/tests/test_view.py
index 29b7cf1..814864f 100644
--- a/tests/test_view.py
+++ b/tests/test_view.py
@@ -311,6 +311,23 @@ def test_on_action_export_scene(
     assert img.size() == QtCore.QSize(100, 100)
 
 
+@patch('beeref.widgets.SceneToPixmapExporterDialog.exec')
+@patch('beeref.widgets.SceneToPixmapExporterDialog.value')
+@patch('PyQt6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.getSaveFileName')
+def test_on_action_export_scene_no_file_extension(
+        file_mock, value_mock, exec_mock, view, tmpdir):
+    item = BeeTextItem('foo')
+    view.scene.addItem(item)
+    filename = os.path.join(tmpdir, 'test')
+    assert os.path.exists(filename) is False
+    file_mock.return_value = (filename, 'PNG (*.png)')
+    exec_mock.return_value = 1
+    value_mock.return_value = QtCore.QSize(100, 100)
+    view.on_action_export_scene()
+    img = QtGui.QImage(f'{filename}.png')
+    assert img.size() == QtCore.QSize(100, 100)
+
+
 @patch('beeref.widgets.SceneToPixmapExporterDialog.exec')
 @patch('beeref.widgets.SceneToPixmapExporterDialog.value')
 @patch('PyQt6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.getSaveFileName')