diff --git a/browse/src/meta-commands.ts b/browse/src/meta-commands.ts
index 16ed7f84..520b5485 100644
--- a/browse/src/meta-commands.ts
+++ b/browse/src/meta-commands.ts
@@ -114,7 +114,11 @@ export async function handleMetaCommand(
 
       // Separate target (selector/@ref) from output path
       for (const arg of remaining) {
-        if (arg.startsWith('@e') || arg.startsWith('@c') || arg.startsWith('.') || arg.startsWith('#') || arg.includes('[')) {
+        // File paths containing / and ending with an image/pdf extension are never CSS selectors
+        const isFilePath = arg.includes('/') && /\.(png|jpe?g|webp|pdf)$/i.test(arg);
+        if (isFilePath) {
+          outputPath = arg;
+        } else if (arg.startsWith('@e') || arg.startsWith('@c') || arg.startsWith('.') || arg.startsWith('#') || arg.includes('[')) {
           targetSelector = arg;
         } else {
           outputPath = arg;
diff --git a/browse/test/commands.test.ts b/browse/test/commands.test.ts
index 8e632567..256e8979 100644
--- a/browse/test/commands.test.ts
+++ b/browse/test/commands.test.ts
@@ -543,6 +543,17 @@ describe('Visual', () => {
     }
   });
 
+  test('screenshot treats relative dot-slash path as file path, not CSS selector', async () => {
+    await handleWriteCommand('goto', [baseUrl + '/basic.html'], bm);
+    // ./path/to/file.png must be treated as output path, not a CSS class selector (#495)
+    const relPath = './browse-test-dotpath.png';
+    const absPath = path.resolve(relPath);
+    const result = await handleMetaCommand('screenshot', [relPath], bm, async () => {});
+    expect(result).toContain('Screenshot saved');
+    expect(fs.existsSync(absPath)).toBe(true);
+    fs.unlinkSync(absPath);
+  });
+
   test('screenshot with nonexistent selector throws timeout', async () => {
     await handleWriteCommand('goto', [baseUrl + '/basic.html'], bm);
     try {