diff --git a/cmd/setupgh.go b/cmd/setupgh.go
index 5a4e4d75..44f16ccd 100644
--- a/cmd/setupgh.go
+++ b/cmd/setupgh.go
@@ -176,15 +176,15 @@ func toValidAppName(name string) (string, error) {
 	// remove all characters except alphanumeric, '-', '.'
 	var builder strings.Builder
 	for _, r := range cleanedName {
-		if unicode.IsLetter(r) || unicode.IsNumber(r) || r == '-' || r == '.' {
+		if unicode.IsLetter(r) || unicode.IsNumber(r) || r == '-' {
 			builder.WriteRune(r)
 		}
 	}
 
 	// lowercase the name
 	cleanedName = strings.ToLower(builder.String())
-	if ValidateAppName(cleanedName) != nil {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("app name '%s' could not be converted to a valid name", name)
+	if err := ValidateAppName(cleanedName);err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("app name '%s' could not be converted to a valid name: %w", name, err)
 	}
 	return cleanedName, nil
 }
diff --git a/cmd/setupgh_test.go b/cmd/setupgh_test.go
index ae194c6f..d049ae4e 100644
--- a/cmd/setupgh_test.go
+++ b/cmd/setupgh_test.go
@@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ func TestToValidAppName(t *testing.T) {
 			shouldError:  true,
 		},
 		{
-			testCaseName: "dots and hypens allowed in the middle",
-			nameInput:    "name.-.name",
-			expected:     "name.-.name",
+			testCaseName: "hypens allowed in the middle",
+			nameInput:    "name-name-name-name",
+			expected:     "name-name-name-name",
+		}, {
+			testCaseName: "remove dots in the middle",
+			nameInput:    "name.name-name-name",
+			expected:     "namename-name-name",
 		},
 		{
 			testCaseName: "no capital letters",
@@ -85,6 +89,9 @@ func TestToValidAppName(t *testing.T) {
 				assert.Error(t, err)
 			} else {
 				assert.Equal(t, tc.expected, result)
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Errorf("expected no error, got %s", err)
+				}
 			}
 		})
 	}