diff --git a/src/core.rs b/src/core.rs
index 6a9d7e69..81ab3b5a 100644
--- a/src/core.rs
+++ b/src/core.rs
@@ -548,7 +548,6 @@ pub fn format_output_path(destination: &str, document_title: &str) -> String {
         .replace('\"', "")
         .replace('|', "-")
         .replace('?', "")
-        .trim_start_matches('.')
         .to_string()
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/core/format_output_path.rs b/tests/core/format_output_path.rs
index 5cc0d214..a7d94db9 100644
--- a/tests/core/format_output_path.rs
+++ b/tests/core/format_output_path.rs
@@ -52,4 +52,11 @@ mod passing {
             r#"/home/username/Downloads/[] - -/__[] - -.html"#
         );
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn level_up() {
+        let final_destination = format_output_path(r#"../%title%.html"#, r#".Title"#);
+
+        assert_eq!(final_destination, r#"../Title.html"#);
+    }
 }