diff --git a/src/cryogen_core/navbar_model.clj b/src/cryogen_core/navbar_model.clj
index 7042577..de05418 100644
--- a/src/cryogen_core/navbar_model.clj
+++ b/src/cryogen_core/navbar_model.clj
@@ -2,11 +2,21 @@
   (:require 
     [clojure.string :as s]))
 
-(defn- uri-level [uri]
-  (count (s/split uri #"/")))
+(defn uri-level [uri]
+  (- (count 
+       (s/split uri #"/"))
+     1)
+  )
 
-(defn- filter-pages-for-uri [uri pages]
-  (filter #(s/starts-with? (:uri %) uri) pages))
+(defn filter-pages-for-uri [uri pages]
+  (let [html? (s/ends-with? uri ".html")
+        clean? (s/ends-with? uri "/")
+        clean-uri (cond 
+                    html? (subs uri 0 (- (count uri) 5))
+                    clean? (subs uri 0 (- (count uri) 1))
+                    :default uri)]
+    (filter #(s/starts-with? (:uri %) clean-uri) pages))
+  )
 
 (defn build-nav-map-level
   "builds one level of nav-map and recurs to next level."
diff --git a/test/cryogen_core/navbar_model_test.clj b/test/cryogen_core/navbar_model_test.clj
index 2251016..c4887aa 100644
--- a/test/cryogen_core/navbar_model_test.clj
+++ b/test/cryogen_core/navbar_model_test.clj
@@ -13,28 +13,60 @@
    :content uri
    :page-index page-index
    :children children})
+
+(def pages-clean [(page "/pages/nav1/" 0) 
+                  (page "/pages/nav1/nav11/" 1)
+                  (page "/pages/nav1/nav13/" 3)
+                  (page "/pages/nav1/nav11/nav112/" 2)
+                  (page "/pages/nav1/nav12/" 2)
+                  (page "/pages/nav1/nav11/xnav111/" 1)
+                  ])
+
+(def pages-dirty [(page "/pages/nav1.html" 0) 
+                  (page "/pages/nav1/nav11.html" 1)
+                  (page "/pages/nav1/nav13.html" 3)
+                  (page "/pages/nav1/nav11/nav112.html" 2)
+                  (page "/pages/nav1/nav12.html" 2)
+                  (page "/pages/nav1/nav11/xnav111.html" 1)
+                  ])
            
+(deftest test-uri-level
+  (testing      
+    (is (= 2 (sut/uri-level "/pages/nav1/")))
+    (is (= 2 (sut/uri-level "/pages/nav1.html")))
+    ))
+
+(deftest test-filter-pages-for-uri
+  (testing      
+    (is (= 6 (count (sut/filter-pages-for-uri "/pages/nav1/" pages-clean))))
+    (is (= 6 (count (sut/filter-pages-for-uri "/pages/nav1.html" pages-dirty))))
+    ))
+
 (deftest test-navmap-pages
   (testing 
     "No pages or posts nothing to copy"
-    (let [pages [(page "/pages/nav1/" 0) 
-                 (page "/pages/nav1/nav11/" 1)
-                 (page "/pages/nav1/nav13/" 3)
-                 (page "/pages/nav1/nav11/nav112/" 2)
-                 (page "/pages/nav1/nav12/" 2)
-                 (page "/pages/nav1/nav11/xnav111/" 1)
-                 ]
-          expected [(enhanced-page 
-                      "/pages/nav1/" 0
-                      [(enhanced-page 
-                         "/pages/nav1/nav11/" 1
-                         [(page "/pages/nav1/nav11/xnav111/" 1)
-                          (page "/pages/nav1/nav11/nav112/" 2)])
-                       (page "/pages/nav1/nav12/" 2)
-                       (page "/pages/nav1/nav13/" 3)]
-                      )] 
+    (let [expected-clean [(enhanced-page 
+                            "/pages/nav1/" 0
+                            [(enhanced-page 
+                               "/pages/nav1/nav11/" 1
+                               [(page "/pages/nav1/nav11/xnav111/" 1)
+                                (page "/pages/nav1/nav11/nav112/" 2)])
+                             (page "/pages/nav1/nav12/" 2)
+                             (page "/pages/nav1/nav13/" 3)]
+                            )]
+          expected-dirty [(enhanced-page 
+                            "/pages/nav1.html" 0
+                            [(enhanced-page 
+                               "/pages/nav1/nav11.html" 1
+                               [(page "/pages/nav1/nav11/xnav111.html" 1)
+                                (page "/pages/nav1/nav11/nav112.html" 2)])
+                             (page "/pages/nav1/nav12.html" 2)
+                             (page "/pages/nav1/nav13.html" 3)]
+                            )] 
           ]        
-      (is (= expected
-             (sut/build-nav-map pages)))
+      (is (= expected-clean
+             (sut/build-nav-map pages-clean)))
+      (is (= expected-dirty
+             (sut/build-nav-map pages-dirty)))
       )
     ))