diff --git a/video_prediction_tools/utils/runscript_generator/setup_runscript_templates.sh b/video_prediction_tools/utils/runscript_generator/setup_runscript_templates.sh
index a398fc6e1a55292ac9429b7a734232877e1091b0..b684069ad3df3cd02e836ae1c68ffa0ad5752760 100755
--- a/video_prediction_tools/utils/runscript_generator/setup_runscript_templates.sh
+++ b/video_prediction_tools/utils/runscript_generator/setup_runscript_templates.sh
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ fi
 echo "Start setting up templates under HPC_scripts/..."
 for f in "${BASE_DIR}"/HPC_scripts/*template.sh; do
   echo "Setting up ${f}..."
-  fnew=${f%%.*}_${USER}.sh
+  fnew=${f%.*}_${USER}.sh
   cp "${f}" "${fnew}"
   sed -i "s|\(.*_dir=\).*|\1${data_dir}|g" "${fnew}"
 done
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ echo "Done!"
 echo "Start setting up templates under no_HPC_scripts/"
 for f in "${BASE_DIR}"/no_HPC_scripts/*template.sh; do
   echo "Setting up ${f}..."
-  fnew=${f%%.*}_${USER}.sh
+  fnew=${f%.*}_${USER}.sh
   cp "${f}" "${fnew}"
   sed -i "s|\(.*_dir=\).*|\1${data_dir}|g" "${fnew}"
 done