diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess
index af01f45..d691e98 100644
--- a/.htaccess
+++ b/.htaccess
@@ -1,20 +1,21 @@
 RewriteEngine On
 
-# top level php requests are converted to their html counterpart for backward compatability
-# but only if the php file does not exist anymore
-RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /(.+)\.php !-f
+# top level php requests are converted to their html counterpart for backward
+# compatability but only if the php file does not exist anymore
+RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !-f
+RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /(.+)\.php
 RewriteRule ^ /%1.html [L,R=301]
 
 # in case request is for a directory, open the index.html
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
 RewriteRule ^(.+)/$ $1/index.html [NC,L]
 
 # if the file does not exist, append .html
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
 RewriteRule ^([^\.]+)$ $1.html [NC,L]
 
 # Plugin information is taken from the KMyMoney 5.x online documentation
 Redirect /plugins.html https://docs.kde.org/stable5/en/extragear-office/kmymoney/details.settings.plugins.html
 
 # this is the second step in converting release-notes.php -> changelog.html
 Redirect /release-notes.html /changelog.html