diff --git a/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/common/regex.js b/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/common/regex.js
index ebdd6c453..a8e4c6eee 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/common/regex.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/common/regex.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const invalidCharacters = /[<>:"/\\|?*\x00-\x1F]/g; // replace invalid characters with hyphens
 const reservedDeviceNames = /^(CON|PRN|AUX|NUL|COM[0-9]|LPT[0-9])$/i;
-const firstCharacter = /^[^.\s\-<>:"/\\|?*\x00-\x1F]/; // no dot, space, hyphen and `invalidCharacters`
+const firstCharacter = /^[^\s\-<>:"/\\|?*\x00-\x1F]/; // no space, hyphen and `invalidCharacters`
 const middleCharacters = /^[^<>:"/\\|?*\x00-\x1F]*$/;   // no `invalidCharacters`
 const lastCharacter = /[^.\s<>:"/\\|?*\x00-\x1F]$/; // no dot, space and `invalidCharacters`
 
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export const variableNameRegex = /^[\w-.]*$/;
 export const sanitizeName = (name) => {
     name = name
         .replace(invalidCharacters, '-') // replace invalid characters with hyphens
-        .replace(/^[.\s\-]+/, '') // remove leading dots, spaces and hyphens
+        .replace(/^[\s\-]+/, '') // remove leading spaces and hyphens
         .replace(/[.\s]+$/, ''); // remove trailing dots and spaces
     return name;
 };
diff --git a/packages/bruno-electron/src/utils/filesystem.js b/packages/bruno-electron/src/utils/filesystem.js
index f623e9990..328b72d18 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-electron/src/utils/filesystem.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-electron/src/utils/filesystem.js
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ const sanitizeName = (name) => {
   const invalidCharacters = /[<>:"/\\|?*\x00-\x1F]/g;
   name = name
     .replace(invalidCharacters, '-') // replace invalid characters with hyphens
-    .replace(/^[.\s\-]+/, '') // remove leading dots, spaces and hyphens
+    .replace(/^[\s\-]+/, '') // remove leading spaces and hyphens
     .replace(/[.\s]+$/, ''); // remove trailing dots and spaces
   return name;
 };
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ const isWindowsOS = () => {
 const validateName = (name) => {
     const invalidCharacters = /[<>:"/\\|?*\x00-\x1F]/g; // keeping this for informational purpose
     const reservedDeviceNames = /^(CON|PRN|AUX|NUL|COM[0-9]|LPT[0-9])$/i;
-    const firstCharacter = /^[^.\s\-<>:"/\\|?*\x00-\x1F]/; // no dot, space, hyphen and `invalidCharacters`
+    const firstCharacter = /^[^\s\-<>:"/\\|?*\x00-\x1F]/; // no space, hyphen and `invalidCharacters`
     const middleCharacters = /^[^<>:"/\\|?*\x00-\x1F]*$/;   // no `invalidCharacters`
     const lastCharacter = /[^.\s<>:"/\\|?*\x00-\x1F]$/; // no dot, space and `invalidCharacters`
     if (name.length > 255) return false;          // max name length