diff --git a/flaskinventory/flaskdgraph/utils.py b/flaskinventory/flaskdgraph/utils.py
index 86894187..c7ced5d2 100644
--- a/flaskinventory/flaskdgraph/utils.py
+++ b/flaskinventory/flaskdgraph/utils.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ def strip_query(query):
     # towards certain special characters
     # for term matching and regex these characters
     # can simply be removed
-    return re.sub(r'"|/|\\|\(|\)|<|>|\{|\}|\[|\]|\$|&|#|\+|\^|\?|\*|\.', '', query)
+    return re.sub(r'"|/|\\|\(|\)|<|>|\{|\}|\[|\]|\$|&|#|\+|\^|\?|\*', '', query)
 
 def escape_query(query):
-    return re.sub(r'("|/|\\|\(|\)|<|>|\{|\}|\[|\]|\$|&|#|\+|\^|\?|\*|\.)', r'\\\1', query)
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+    return re.sub(r'("|/|\\|\(|\)|<|>|\{|\}|\[|\]|\$|&|#|\+|\^|\?|\*)', r'\\\1', query)
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