diff --git a/rocker-compiler/src/main/java/com/fizzed/rocker/compiler/RockerUtil.java b/rocker-compiler/src/main/java/com/fizzed/rocker/compiler/RockerUtil.java
index bd17efc..a444c35 100644
--- a/rocker-compiler/src/main/java/com/fizzed/rocker/compiler/RockerUtil.java
+++ b/rocker-compiler/src/main/java/com/fizzed/rocker/compiler/RockerUtil.java
@@ -126,19 +126,16 @@ public class RockerUtil {
     }
     
     static public String templateNameToName(String templateName) {
-        int pos = templateName.indexOf('.');
-        // must be at least 1 char
-        if (pos < 1) {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid template name format (unable find first dot character)");
-        }
-        return templateName.substring(0, pos);
+        templateName = templateName.replace(".", "_dot_");
+        templateName = templateName.replace(" ", "_space_");
+        return templateName;
     }
     
     static public ContentType templateNameToContentType(String templateName) {
         int pos = templateName.lastIndexOf('.');
         // must be at least 1 char
         if (pos < 0) {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid template name format (unable find last dot character)");
+            return ContentType.RAW;
         }
         
         String ext = templateName.substring(pos+1);
@@ -148,8 +145,8 @@ public class RockerUtil {
                 return type;
             }
         }
-        
-        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unsupported content type for extension [" + ext + "] for template name [" + templateName + "]");
+
+        return ContentType.RAW;
     }
     
     public static Collection<File> listFileTree(File dir) {
diff --git a/rocker-runtime/src/main/java/com/fizzed/rocker/runtime/DefaultRockerBootstrap.java b/rocker-runtime/src/main/java/com/fizzed/rocker/runtime/DefaultRockerBootstrap.java
index 5e7d99c..ed9d25a 100644
--- a/rocker-runtime/src/main/java/com/fizzed/rocker/runtime/DefaultRockerBootstrap.java
+++ b/rocker-runtime/src/main/java/com/fizzed/rocker/runtime/DefaultRockerBootstrap.java
@@ -15,12 +15,11 @@
  */
 package com.fizzed.rocker.runtime;
 
-import com.fizzed.rocker.BindableRockerModel;
 import com.fizzed.rocker.RenderingException;
 import com.fizzed.rocker.RockerModel;
-import com.fizzed.rocker.RockerTemplate;
 import com.fizzed.rocker.TemplateBindException;
 import com.fizzed.rocker.TemplateNotFoundException;
+
 import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
 
 /**
@@ -53,30 +52,39 @@ public class DefaultRockerBootstrap implements RockerBootstrap {
 
     }
     
-    static public String templatePathToClassName(String templateName) {
-        if (templateName == null) {
+    static public String templatePathToClassName(String templatePath) {
+        if (templatePath == null) {
             throw new NullPointerException("Template name was null");
         }
-        
-        // views/app/index.rocker.html
-        int pos = templateName.indexOf('.');
-        if (pos < 0) {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid template name '" + templateName + "'. Expecting something like 'views/app/index.rocker.html')");
-        }
-        
-        String templateNameNoExt = templateName.substring(0, pos);
-        
-        String templateExt = templateName.substring(pos);
-        
-        if (!templateExt.startsWith(".rocker.")) {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid template extension '" + templateExt + "'. Expecting something like 'views/app/index.rocker.html')");
+        StringBuilder names = new StringBuilder();
+
+        String[] paths = templatePath.split("/");
+        for(String path : paths){
+            path = path.replace(" ", "_space_");
+            path = path.replace(".", "_dot_");
+            names.append(path).append(".");
         }
+        return names.deleteCharAt(names.length()-1).toString();
         
-        return templateNameNoExt.replace('/', '.');
+//        // views/app/index.rocker.html
+//        int pos = templateName.indexOf('.');
+//        if (pos < 0) {
+//            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid template name '" + templateName + "'. Expecting something like 'views/app/index.rocker.html')");
+//        }
+//
+//        String templateNameNoExt = templateName.substring(0, pos);
+//
+//        String templateExt = templateName.substring(pos);
+//
+//        if (!templateExt.startsWith(".rocker.")) {
+//            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid template extension '" + templateExt + "'. Expecting something like 'views/app/index.rocker.html')");
+//        }
+//
+//        return templateNameNoExt.replace('/', '.');
     }
 
     public RockerModel buildModel(String templatePath, ClassLoader classLoader) {
-        // views/app/index.rocker.html -> views.app.index
+        // views/app/index.rocker.html -> views.app.index_dot_rocker_dot_html
         String modelClassName = templatePathToClassName(templatePath);
         
         Class<?> modelType = null;
@@ -95,8 +103,7 @@ public class DefaultRockerBootstrap implements RockerBootstrap {
     
     @Override
     public RockerModel model(String templatePath) throws TemplateNotFoundException, TemplateBindException {
-        
         return buildModel(templatePath, DefaultRockerBootstrap.class.getClassLoader());
-
     }
+
 }