diff --git a/app/models/site_node.rb b/app/models/site_node.rb
index 3eaa1664..856bb024 100644
--- a/app/models/site_node.rb
+++ b/app/models/site_node.rb
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ def add_subpage(title,type = 'P')
   end
   
   def self.generate_node_path(title)
-    title.underscore.strip.gsub(/[ _]+/, '-').gsub(/[^a-z0-9.\-]/, '')
+    title.underscore.gsub(/[^a-z0-9 _\-]/, '').strip.gsub(/[ _]+/, '-')
   end
 
   def new_revision