diff --git a/qt/scientific_interfaces/Muon/MuonAnalysisHelper.cpp b/qt/scientific_interfaces/Muon/MuonAnalysisHelper.cpp
index 88c474816d52985ec5ff9eb6fb97f0545fb5fa17..adcc06d24cc7de47c75bbb683111c2a02d8a8e00 100644
--- a/qt/scientific_interfaces/Muon/MuonAnalysisHelper.cpp
+++ b/qt/scientific_interfaces/Muon/MuonAnalysisHelper.cpp
@@ -973,19 +973,11 @@ Muon::DatasetParams parseWorkspaceName(const std::string &wsName) {
  */
 void parseRunLabel(const std::string &label, std::string &instrument,
                    std::vector<int> &runNumbers) {
-  size_t path = label.find_last_of("/");
-  if (path == std::string::npos) {
-	  size_t path = label.find_last_of('\\');
-  }
-  std::string useThisLabel = label;
-  if (path != std::string::npos) {
-	  useThisLabel = label.substr(0, path);
-  }
-  const size_t instPos = useThisLabel.find_first_of("0123456789");
-  instrument = useThisLabel.substr(0, instPos);
-  const size_t numPos = useThisLabel.find_first_not_of('0', instPos);
+  const size_t instPos = label.find_first_of("0123456789");
+  instrument = label.substr(0, instPos);
+  const size_t numPos = label.find_first_not_of('0', instPos);
   if (numPos != std::string::npos) {
-    std::string runString = useThisLabel.substr(numPos, useThisLabel.size());
+    std::string runString = label.substr(numPos, label.size());
     // sets of continuous ranges
     Mantid::Kernel::StringTokenizer rangeTokenizer(
         runString, ",", Mantid::Kernel::StringTokenizer::TOK_TRIM);
diff --git a/qt/scientific_interfaces/Muon/MuonSequentialFitDialog.cpp b/qt/scientific_interfaces/Muon/MuonSequentialFitDialog.cpp
index a1a3584c9eb1a6f94255b996e862d382ab7c5760..f35d490d22665814d1b3b13fd77f34790f59e875 100644
--- a/qt/scientific_interfaces/Muon/MuonSequentialFitDialog.cpp
+++ b/qt/scientific_interfaces/Muon/MuonSequentialFitDialog.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,23 @@ using MantidQt::MantidWidgets::MuonFitPropertyBrowser;
 
 namespace {
 Logger g_log("MuonSequentialFitDialog");
+std::string removePath(const std::string &labelIn) {
+	size_t path = labelIn.find_last_of("/");
+	if (path == std::string::npos) {
+		 path = labelIn.find_last_of('\\');
+		
+	}
+	std::string useThisLabel = labelIn;
+	if (path != std::string::npos) {
+		path = path + 1;
+		size_t end = labelIn.find_last_of(".");
+		useThisLabel = labelIn.substr(path);
+		useThisLabel = useThisLabel.substr(0, end - path);
+		auto test = useThisLabel;
+	}
+	return useThisLabel;
+}
+
 }
 const std::string MuonSequentialFitDialog::SEQUENTIAL_PREFIX("MuonSeqFit_");
 
@@ -328,7 +345,7 @@ void MuonSequentialFitDialog::continueFit() {
   // Get names of workspaces to fit
   const auto wsNames = m_dataPresenter->generateWorkspaceNames(
       m_ui.runs->getInstrumentOverride().toStdString(),
-      m_ui.runs->getText().toStdString(), false);
+      removePath(m_ui.runs->getText().toStdString()), false);
   if (wsNames.size() == 0) {
     QMessageBox::critical(
         this, "No data to fit",