diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7e918b15..fb245926 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,11 +2,17 @@
 
 All notable changes to `Browsershot` will be documented in this file
 
+
+### 3.11.1 - 2017-11-18
+
+- improve error handling for when no extension is provided
+
 ### 3.11.0 - 2017-11-16
 
 - add `setOption`
 - refactor internals
 
+
 ### 3.10.0 - 2017-11-13
 
 - add `setProxyServer`
diff --git a/src/Browsershot.php b/src/Browsershot.php
index 0561acc2..2063cb1b 100644
--- a/src/Browsershot.php
+++ b/src/Browsershot.php
@@ -252,7 +252,13 @@ public function __call($name, $arguments)
 
     public function save(string $targetPath)
     {
-        if (strtolower(pathinfo($targetPath, PATHINFO_EXTENSION)) === 'pdf') {
+        $extension = strtolower(pathinfo($targetPath, PATHINFO_EXTENSION));
+
+        if ($extension === '') {
+            throw CouldNotTakeBrowsershot::outputFileDidNotHaveAnExtension($targetPath);
+        }
+
+        if ($extension === 'pdf') {
             return $this->savePdf($targetPath);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Exceptions/CouldNotTakeBrowsershot.php b/src/Exceptions/CouldNotTakeBrowsershot.php
index 0ab55c89..66f7ae2f 100644
--- a/src/Exceptions/CouldNotTakeBrowsershot.php
+++ b/src/Exceptions/CouldNotTakeBrowsershot.php
@@ -10,4 +10,9 @@ public static function chromeOutputEmpty(string $screenShotPath)
     {
         return new static("For some reason Chrome did not write a file at `{$screenShotPath}`.");
     }
+
+    public static function outputFileDidNotHaveAnExtension(string $path)
+    {
+        return new static("The given path `{$path}` did not contain an extension. Please append an extension.");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/BrowsershotTest.php b/tests/BrowsershotTest.php
index 42fe8b39..71b29310 100644
--- a/tests/BrowsershotTest.php
+++ b/tests/BrowsershotTest.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace Spatie\Browsershot\Test;
 
 use Spatie\Browsershot\Browsershot;
+use Spatie\Browsershot\Exceptions\CouldNotTakeBrowsershot;
 use Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\ProcessFailedException;
 
 class BrowsershotTest extends TestCase
@@ -55,6 +56,17 @@ public function it_can_take_a_high_density_screenshot()
         $this->assertFileExists($targetPath);
     }
 
+    /** @test */
+    public function it_cannot_save_without_an_extension()
+    {
+        $this->expectException(CouldNotTakeBrowsershot::class);
+
+        $targetPath = __DIR__.'/temp/testScreenshot';
+
+        Browsershot::url('https://example.com')
+            ->save($targetPath);
+    }
+
     /** @test */
     public function it_can_take_a_full_page_screenshot()
     {