diff --git a/bob/pad/face/config/batl_db.py b/bob/pad/face/config/batl_db.py
index 8c97f127606237e753a5676c58b24cc3ce58ea86..8a025b5de37f0b991e68f0162b79221e188df4e2 100644
--- a/bob/pad/face/config/batl_db.py
+++ b/bob/pad/face/config/batl_db.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from bob.pad.face.database import BatlPadDatabase
 ORIGINAL_DIRECTORY = "[YOUR_BATL_DB_DIRECTORY]"
 """Value of ``~/.bob_bio_databases.txt`` for this database"""
 
-ORIGINAL_EXTENSION = ".hdf5"  # extension of the data files
+ORIGINAL_EXTENSION = ".h5"  # extension of the data files
 
 ANNOTATIONS_TEMP_DIR = "/idiap/temp/onikisins/project/ODIN/experiment_data/pad_experiments_using_bob_py36/batl_db/annotations/"