diff --git a/README.PROTOCOL b/README.PROTOCOL
index fa806f6..763a6a7 100644
--- a/README.PROTOCOL
+++ b/README.PROTOCOL
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ at which the group is found.  This may be obtained either by explicit
 configuration by the user, or by parsing the `/public-groups.json` file
 which may contain an array of group statuses (see below).
 
-A client then performs an HTTP GET request on the file `.status.json` at
+A client then performs an HTTP GET request on the file `.status` at
 the group's location.  This yields a single JSON object, which contains
 the following fields:
 
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ The `username` field is the username that the server assigned to this
 user.  The `permissions` field is an array of strings that may contain the
 values `present`, `op` and `record`.  The `status` field is a dictionary
 that contains status information about the group, and updates the data
-obtained from the `.status.json` URL described above.
+obtained from the `.status` URL described above.
 
 ## Maintaining group membership
 
diff --git a/static/galene.js b/static/galene.js
index 2e7163a..e349fe9 100644
--- a/static/galene.js
+++ b/static/galene.js
@@ -3906,7 +3906,7 @@ async function serverConnect() {
 
 async function start() {
     try {
-        let r = await fetch(".status.json")
+        let r = await fetch(".status")
         if(!r.ok)
             throw new Error(`${r.status} ${r.statusText}`);
         groupStatus = await r.json()
diff --git a/webserver/webserver.go b/webserver/webserver.go
index 4105135..25ee307 100644
--- a/webserver/webserver.go
+++ b/webserver/webserver.go
@@ -318,10 +318,14 @@ func groupHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	_, kind, rest := splitPath(r.URL.Path)
-	if kind == ".status.json" && rest == "" {
+	dir, kind, rest := splitPath(r.URL.Path)
+	if kind == ".status" && rest == "" {
 		groupStatusHandler(w, r)
 		return
+	} else if kind == ".status.json" && rest == "" {
+		http.Redirect(w, r, dir+"/"+".status",
+			http.StatusPermanentRedirect)
+		return
 	} else if kind == ".whip" {
 		if rest == "" {
 			whipEndpointHandler(w, r)
@@ -384,7 +388,7 @@ func groupBase(r *http.Request) (string, error) {
 
 func groupStatusHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	pth, kind, rest := splitPath(r.URL.Path)
-	if kind != ".status.json" || rest != "" {
+	if kind != ".status" || rest != "" {
 		http.Error(w, "Internal server error",
 			http.StatusInternalServerError)
 	}