diff --git a/misc-scripts/xref_mapping/XrefParser/FetchFiles.pm b/misc-scripts/xref_mapping/XrefParser/FetchFiles.pm
index 2d40810a17cbf6f861d49e3ca7c95e8f367a638f..0920bf95b2dfbf4beed7f53c4ac2bf2f8582bacd 100644
--- a/misc-scripts/xref_mapping/XrefParser/FetchFiles.pm
+++ b/misc-scripts/xref_mapping/XrefParser/FetchFiles.pm
@@ -203,7 +203,10 @@ sub fetch_files {
     } elsif ( $uri->scheme() eq 'http' ) {
       # Deal with HTTP files.
 
-      my $file_path = catfile( $dest_dir, basename( $uri->path() ) );
+      my $filename = basename ($uri->path() );
+      if ($uri->path eq '') { $filename = "index.html"; }
+
+      my $file_path = catfile( $dest_dir, $filename );
 
       if ( $deletedownloaded && -e $file_path ) {
         if ($verbose) {