diff --git a/Functions/Start-StatsToGraphite.ps1 b/Functions/Start-StatsToGraphite.ps1
index 97b8799..bbedf98 100644
--- a/Functions/Start-StatsToGraphite.ps1
+++ b/Functions/Start-StatsToGraphite.ps1
@@ -138,6 +138,9 @@ Function Start-StatsToGraphite
                 # Check if there are filters or not
                 if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($Config.Filters) -or $sample.Path -notmatch [regex]$Config.Filters)
                 {
+                    # Remove "dot" from the original sample path
+                    $sample.path = $sample.path.replace(".","-")
+                    
                     # Run the sample path through the ConvertTo-GraphiteMetric function
                     $cleanNameOfSample = ConvertTo-GraphiteMetric -MetricToClean $sample.Path -HostName $Config.NodeHostName -MetricReplacementHash $Config.MetricReplace
 
@@ -236,4 +239,4 @@ Function Start-StatsToGraphite
             Write-Output $VerboseOutPut
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}