diff --git a/src/sessionmodel.cpp b/src/sessionmodel.cpp
--- a/src/sessionmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/sessionmodel.cpp
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
         QFile inputFile(dir.absoluteFilePath(session));
         if (!inputFile.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly))
             continue;
-        SessionPtr si { new Session { session, QString(), QString(), QString() } };
+        SessionPtr si { new Session { session.chopped(strlen(".desktop")), QString(), QString(), QString() } };
         bool isHidden = false;
         QString current_section;
         QTextStream in(&inputFile);