diff --git a/qsgen2 b/qsgen2
index 1c8b235..8884b93 100755
--- a/qsgen2
+++ b/qsgen2
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ function _list_pages() {
     setopt local_options null_glob
 
     # Check if there are any .blog files in the blog directory
-    local pages_files=(*.$(echo ${file_ext}))
+    local pages_files=$(ls *.${file_ext})
     if (( ${#pages_files} == 0 )); then
         if (${debug}); then _msg debug "_list_pages: No Pages found."; fi
         export no_pages_found=true