diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 38f7b07c0..53b6e45a2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 - Updated FollowerController to fix bug affecting private profiles ([a429d961](https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/commit/a429d961))
 - Updated StatusTransformer, added ```local``` attribute ([484bb509](https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/commit/484bb509))
 - Updated PostComponent, fix bug affecting MomentUI and non authenticated users ([7b3fe215](https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/commit/7b3fe215))
+- Updated FixUsernames command to allow usernames containing ```.``` ([e5d77c6d](https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/commit/e5d77c6d))
 
 ## Deprecated
     
diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/FixUsernames.php b/app/Console/Commands/FixUsernames.php
index 40081d418..a9333828c 100644
--- a/app/Console/Commands/FixUsernames.php
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/FixUsernames.php
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class FixUsernames extends Command
                 if(in_array($user->username, $restricted)) {
                     $affected->push($user);
                 }
-                $val = str_replace(['-', '_'], '', $user->username);
+                $val = str_replace(['-', '_', '.'], '', $user->username);
                 if(!ctype_alnum($val)) {
                     $this->info('Found invalid username: ' . $user->username);
                     $affected->push($user);