diff --git a/src/ParentWidget.js b/src/ParentWidget.js
index db112885..3200624c 100644
--- a/src/ParentWidget.js
+++ b/src/ParentWidget.js
@@ -45,19 +45,7 @@ const Option = (props) => {
 
 export const sanitizePath = (path) => {
   const replacement = '-';
-  const sanitizedPath = slugify(path.toLowerCase(), replacement);
-
-  // Remove any doubled or leading/trailing replacement characters (that were added in the sanitizers).
-  const doubleReplacement = new RegExp(`(?:${replacement})+`, 'g');
-  const trailingReplacement = new RegExp(`${replacement}$`);
-  const leadingReplacement = new RegExp(`^${replacement}`);
-
-  const normalizedPath = sanitizedPath
-    .replace(doubleReplacement, replacement)
-    .replace(leadingReplacement, '')
-    .replace(trailingReplacement, '');
-
-  return normalizedPath;
+  return slugify(path.replace(/\./g, replacement), { replacement, lower: true });
 };
 
 export class ParentControl extends React.Component {
diff --git a/src/ParentWidget.test.js b/src/ParentWidget.test.js
index c9c3b596..a053bb22 100644
--- a/src/ParentWidget.test.js
+++ b/src/ParentWidget.test.js
@@ -28,4 +28,8 @@ describe('sanitizePath', () => {
   it('should keep diacritis and remove whitespace, trailing and leading characters', () => {
     expect(sanitizePath('?ăștia   sunteți voi ?  ')).toBe('astia-sunteti-voi');
   });
+
+  it('should remove "."s', () => {
+    expect(sanitizePath('who are.we')).toBe('who-are-we');
+  });
 });