diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/Helper/CatalystUtils.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/Helper/CatalystUtils.pm
index eb06ee8a..154dbf4e 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra/Helper/CatalystUtils.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/Helper/CatalystUtils.pm
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ sub trim {
 
 
 # Security checking of filenames.
-Readonly::Scalar our $pathCompRE => "(?:[A-Za-z0-9-\+\.][A-Za-z0-9-\+\._]*)";
+Readonly::Scalar our $pathCompRE => "(?:[A-Za-z0-9-\+\._][A-Za-z0-9-\+\._]*)";
 Readonly::Scalar our $relPathRE  => "(?:$pathCompRE(?:/$pathCompRE)*)";
 Readonly::Scalar our $relNameRE  => "(?:[A-Za-z0-9-][A-Za-z0-9-\.]*)";
 Readonly::Scalar our $attrNameRE => "(?:[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*)";