diff --git a/components/ILIAS/StaticURL/src/Request/ShortlinkRequestBuilder.php b/components/ILIAS/StaticURL/src/Request/ShortlinkRequestBuilder.php
index 0a5588abecba..595fe3e5e9a4 100755
--- a/components/ILIAS/StaticURL/src/Request/ShortlinkRequestBuilder.php
+++ b/components/ILIAS/StaticURL/src/Request/ShortlinkRequestBuilder.php
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ public function buildRequest(Services $http, Factory $refinery, array $handlers)
             str_contains($requested_url, StandardURIBuilder::SHORT)
             || str_contains($requested_url, StandardURIBuilder::LONG)
             || str_contains($requested_url, rtrim(StandardURIBuilder::LONG, '/'))
+            || str_contains($requested_url, '.html')
         ) {
             return null;
         }