diff --git a/fnl/hotpot/loader/record/runtime.fnl b/fnl/hotpot/loader/record/runtime.fnl
index 8e061216..e5ffd4c0 100644
--- a/fnl/hotpot/loader/record/runtime.fnl
+++ b/fnl/hotpot/loader/record/runtime.fnl
@@ -18,7 +18,12 @@
         ;; Convert /a/b/c/nvim/ftplugin/x.fnl into
         ;; /a/b/c/nvim/ <- context, the last path section defines our namespace
         ;; ftplugin/x.fnl <- inside context
-        context-pattern (fmt "(%s/%s%%.%s)$" runtime-type modname-suffix ext)
+        context-pattern (fmt "(%s/%s%%.%s)$"
+                             runtime-type
+                             ;; escape regex pattern, e.g. plugin/x-y%.fnl -> plugin/x%-y%.fnl,
+                             ;; this is identical to vim.pesc except we preserve any '.' in the pattern.
+                             (string.gsub modname-suffix "[%(%)%%%+%-%*%?%[%]%^%$]" "%%%1")
+                             ext)
         path-inside-context-dir (string.match src-path context-pattern)
         path-to-context-dir (string.sub src-path 1 (* -1 (+ (length path-inside-context-dir) 1)))
         ;; ftplugin/y.fnl -> lua/hotpot-runtime-ftplugin/y.lua
diff --git a/lua/hotpot/loader/record/runtime.lua b/lua/hotpot/loader/record/runtime.lua
index 6deea226..d763b879 100644
--- a/lua/hotpot/loader/record/runtime.lua
+++ b/lua/hotpot/loader/record/runtime.lua
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ local function new(modname_suffix, src_path, opts)
   true_modname = (modname_suffix .. _5_())
   local runtime_mod_prefix = fmt("hotpot-runtime-%s", runtime_type)
   local modname = fmt("%s.%s", runtime_mod_prefix, modname_suffix)
-  local context_pattern = fmt("(%s/%s%%.%s)$", runtime_type, modname_suffix, ext)
+  local context_pattern = fmt("(%s/%s%%.%s)$", runtime_type, string.gsub(modname_suffix, "[%(%)%%%+%-%*%?%[%]%^%$]", "%%%1"), ext)
   local path_inside_context_dir = string.match(src_path0, context_pattern)
   local path_to_context_dir = string.sub(src_path0, 1, (-1 * (#path_inside_context_dir + 1)))
   local lua_code_path = string.gsub(string.gsub(path_inside_context_dir, ("^" .. vim.pesc(runtime_type)), join_path("lua", runtime_mod_prefix)), "fnl$", "lua")
@@ -55,4 +55,4 @@ local function new(modname_suffix, src_path, opts)
   end
   return record
 end
-return {new = new}
\ No newline at end of file
+return {new = new}
diff --git a/test/test-nvim-runtime.fnl b/test/test-nvim-runtime.fnl
index 2bcec43a..fc39204e 100644
--- a/test/test-nvim-runtime.fnl
+++ b/test/test-nvim-runtime.fnl
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     (values fnl-path lua-path)))
 
 (local (plugin-path-1 lua-path-1) (make-plugin :my_plugin_1))
-(local (plugin-path-2 lua-path-2) (make-plugin :nested/deeply/my_plugin_2))
+(local (plugin-path-2 lua-path-2) (make-plugin :nested/deeply/my-plugin-2))
 (local (plugin-path-3 lua-path-3) (make-plugin :init))
 (local (plugin-path-4 lua-path-4) (make-plugin :init/init.fnl))
 (local lua-paths [lua-path-1 lua-path-2 lua-path-3 lua-path-4])