diff --git a/src/core/Templater.ts b/src/core/Templater.ts
index bf38ac54..3ec67cac 100644
--- a/src/core/Templater.ts
+++ b/src/core/Templater.ts
@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@ export class Templater {
         template: TFile | string,
         folder?: TFolder | string,
         filename?: string,
-        open_new_note = true
+        open_new_note = true,
+        extension?: string
     ): Promise<TFile | undefined> {
         // TODO: Maybe there is an obsidian API function for that
         if (!folder) {
@@ -136,8 +137,8 @@ export class Templater {
             }
         }
 
-        const extension =
-            template instanceof TFile ? template.extension || "md" : "md";
+        extension = extension ||
+            (template instanceof TFile ? template.extension || "md" : "md");
         const created_note = await errorWrapper(async () => {
             const folderPath = folder instanceof TFolder ? folder.path : folder;
             const path = app.vault.getAvailablePath(
diff --git a/src/core/functions/internal_functions/file/InternalModuleFile.ts b/src/core/functions/internal_functions/file/InternalModuleFile.ts
index 66655fca..00a0169f 100644
--- a/src/core/functions/internal_functions/file/InternalModuleFile.ts
+++ b/src/core/functions/internal_functions/file/InternalModuleFile.ts
@@ -63,13 +63,15 @@ export class InternalModuleFile extends InternalModule {
         template: TFile | string,
         filename: string,
         open_new: boolean,
-        folder?: TFolder | string
+        folder?: TFolder | string,
+        extension?: string
     ) => Promise<TFile | undefined> {
         return async (
             template: TFile | string,
             filename: string,
             open_new = false,
-            folder?: TFolder | string
+            folder?: TFolder | string,
+            extension?: string
         ) => {
             this.create_new_depth += 1;
             if (this.create_new_depth > DEPTH_LIMIT) {
@@ -84,7 +86,8 @@ export class InternalModuleFile extends InternalModule {
                     template,
                     folder,
                     filename,
-                    open_new
+                    open_new,
+                    extension
                 );
 
             this.create_new_depth -= 1;