diff --git a/openpype/hosts/aftereffects/plugins/publish/extract_local_render.py b/openpype/hosts/aftereffects/plugins/publish/extract_local_render.py
index f2ae91c341..309855f1c7 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/aftereffects/plugins/publish/extract_local_render.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/aftereffects/plugins/publish/extract_local_render.py
@@ -21,30 +21,32 @@ class ExtractLocalRender(publish.Extractor):
     def process(self, instance):
         stub = get_stub()
         staging_dir = instance.data["stagingDir"]
-        self.log.info("staging_dir::{}".format(staging_dir))
+        self.log.debug("staging_dir::{}".format(staging_dir))
 
-        # pull file name from Render Queue Output module
-        comp_id = instance.data['comp_id']
-        render_q = stub.get_render_info(comp_id)  # re queue render item
-        if not render_q:
+        # pull file name collected value from Render Queue Output module
+        if not instance.data["file_name"]:
             raise ValueError("No file extension set in Render Queue")
 
+        comp_id = instance.data['comp_id']
         stub.render(staging_dir, comp_id)
 
-        _, ext = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(render_q.file_name))
+        _, ext = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(instance.data["file_name"]))
         ext = ext[1:]
 
         first_file_path = None
         files = []
         for file_name in os.listdir(staging_dir):
+            if not file_name.endswith(ext):
+                continue
+
             files.append(file_name)
             if first_file_path is None:
                 first_file_path = os.path.join(staging_dir,
                                                file_name)
 
-        self.log.debug("files::{}".format(os.listdir(staging_dir)))
         if not files:
-            raise ValueError("Nothing rendered!")
+            self.log.info("no files")
+            return
 
         resulting_files = files
         if len(files) == 1: