diff --git a/bin/emit b/bin/emit
index e34b974..c008f4b 100755
--- a/bin/emit
+++ b/bin/emit
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ end
 
 def read
   noecho { $stdin.gets }
-  .gsub(/[^A-Za-z0-9_\s\/\-,;:*"']/, '')
+  .gsub(/[^A-Za-z0-9_\s\/\-,;:*"'.]/, '')
 end
 
 reads = 0