diff --git a/lib/server/readMetadata.js b/lib/server/readMetadata.js
index 7ea4ee9021..3ff3f6e860 100644
--- a/lib/server/readMetadata.js
+++ b/lib/server/readMetadata.js
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ function processMetadata(file) {
   if (!metadata.id) {
     metadata.id = path.basename(file, path.extname(file));
   }
-  if (metadata.id.includes("/") || metadata.id.includes(".")) {
-    throw new Error('Document id cannot include "/" or ".".');
+  if (metadata.id.includes("/")) {
+    throw new Error('Document id cannot include "/".');
   }
   if (!metadata.title) {
     metadata.title = metadata.id;
diff --git a/lib/version.js b/lib/version.js
index d42e5e5692..b26ec58ac6 100755
--- a/lib/version.js
+++ b/lib/version.js
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ files.forEach(file => {
   if (!metadata.id) {
     metadata.id = path.basename(file, path.extname(file));
   }
-  if (metadata.id.includes("/") || metadata.id.includes(".")) {
-    throw new Error('Document id cannot include "/" or ".".');
+  if (metadata.id.includes("/")) {
+    throw new Error('Document id cannot include "/".');
   }
   if (!metadata.title) {
     metadata.title = metadata.id;