diff --git a/sopel_modules/SpiceBot/Tools.py b/sopel_modules/SpiceBot/Tools.py
index f83f579..ef61bee 100644
--- a/sopel_modules/SpiceBot/Tools.py
+++ b/sopel_modules/SpiceBot/Tools.py
@@ -356,7 +356,8 @@ def read_directory_json_to_dict(directories, configtypename="Config File", log_f
             filecount += 1
             slashsplit = str(filepath).split("/")
             filename = slashsplit[-1]
-            configs_dict[filename] = dict_from_file
+            filename_base = os.path.basename(filename).rsplit('.', 1)[0]
+            configs_dict[filename_base] = dict_from_file
         else:
             fileopenfail += 1