diff --git a/features/file-upload.xml b/features/file-upload.xml
index a63947f6df..4792103add 100644
--- a/features/file-upload.xml
+++ b/features/file-upload.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.78 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.79 $ -->
  <chapter id="features.file-upload">
   <title>Handling file uploads</title>
 
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
 // of $_FILES.
 
 $uploaddir = '/var/www/uploads/';
-$uploadfile = $uploaddir . $_FILES['userfile']['name'];
+$uploadfile = $uploaddir . basename($_FILES['userfile']['name']);
 
 print "<pre>";
 if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'], $uploadfile)) {