diff -up ark-15.12.0/app/batchextract.cpp.improve_subfolder_autodetection ark-15.12.0/app/batchextract.cpp
--- ark-15.12.0/app/batchextract.cpp.improve_subfolder_autodetection	2015-12-09 06:01:32.000000000 -0600
+++ ark-15.12.0/app/batchextract.cpp	2015-12-15 07:01:03.558096124 -0600
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ void BatchExtract::addExtraction(Kerfuff
 {
     QString destination = destinationFolder();
 
-    if ((autoSubfolder()) && (!archive->isSingleFolderArchive())) {
+    if ((autoSubfolder()) && (!archive->isSingleFolderArchive() || !archive->fileBaseName().startsWith(archive->subfolderName()))) {
         const QDir d(destination);
-        QString subfolderName = archive->subfolderName();
+        QString subfolderName = archive->fileBaseName();
 
         if (d.exists(subfolderName)) {
             subfolderName = KIO::suggestName(QUrl::fromUserInput(destination, QString(), QUrl::AssumeLocalFile), subfolderName);
diff -up ark-15.12.0/kerfuffle/archive_kerfuffle.cpp.improve_subfolder_autodetection ark-15.12.0/kerfuffle/archive_kerfuffle.cpp
--- ark-15.12.0/kerfuffle/archive_kerfuffle.cpp.improve_subfolder_autodetection	2015-12-09 06:01:32.000000000 -0600
+++ ark-15.12.0/kerfuffle/archive_kerfuffle.cpp	2015-12-15 07:01:03.558096124 -0600
@@ -292,6 +292,16 @@ QString Archive::fileName() const
     return m_iface->filename();
 }
 
+QString Archive::fileBaseName() const
+{
+    QString base = QFileInfo(m_iface->filename()).completeBaseName();
+    //special case for tar.gz/bzip2 files
+    if (base.right(4).toUpper() == QLatin1String(".TAR")) {
+        base.chop(4);
+    }
+    return base;
+}
+
 void Archive::onAddFinished(KJob* job)
 {
     //if the archive was previously a single folder archive and an add job
@@ -313,15 +323,7 @@ void Archive::onListFinished(KJob* job)
     m_isPasswordProtected = ljob->isPasswordProtected();
     m_subfolderName = ljob->subfolderName();
     if (m_subfolderName.isEmpty()) {
-        QFileInfo fi(fileName());
-        QString base = fi.completeBaseName();
-
-        //special case for tar.gz/bzip2 files
-        if (base.right(4).toUpper() == QLatin1String(".TAR")) {
-            base.chop(4);
-        }
-
-        m_subfolderName = base;
+        m_subfolderName = fileBaseName();
     }
 
     m_hasBeenListed = true;
diff -up ark-15.12.0/kerfuffle/archive_kerfuffle.h.improve_subfolder_autodetection ark-15.12.0/kerfuffle/archive_kerfuffle.h
--- ark-15.12.0/kerfuffle/archive_kerfuffle.h.improve_subfolder_autodetection	2015-12-15 07:01:03.558096124 -0600
+++ ark-15.12.0/kerfuffle/archive_kerfuffle.h	2015-12-15 07:02:45.776682176 -0600
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ public:
     ArchiveError error() const;
     bool isValid() const;
     QString fileName() const;
+    QString fileBaseName() const;
     bool isReadOnly() const;
 
     KJob* open();
diff -up ark-15.12.0/kerfuffle/jobs.cpp.improve_subfolder_autodetection ark-15.12.0/kerfuffle/jobs.cpp
--- ark-15.12.0/kerfuffle/jobs.cpp.improve_subfolder_autodetection	2015-12-09 06:01:32.000000000 -0600
+++ ark-15.12.0/kerfuffle/jobs.cpp	2015-12-15 07:01:03.559096130 -0600
@@ -226,7 +226,8 @@ void ListJob::onNewEntry(const ArchiveEn
     m_isPasswordProtected |= entry [ IsPasswordProtected ].toBool();
 
     if (m_isSingleFolderArchive) {
-        const QString fileName(entry[FileName].toString());
+        const QString fileName(entry[FileName].toString()
+		             .replace(QRegExp(QString::fromLatin1("^\\./")), QString()));
         const QString basePath(fileName.split(QLatin1Char( '/' )).at(0));
 
         if (m_basePath.isEmpty()) {