diff --git a/openpype/hosts/flame/hooks/pre_flame_setup.py b/openpype/hosts/flame/hooks/pre_flame_setup.py
index bd1f687316..67c5c7e39b 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/flame/hooks/pre_flame_setup.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/flame/hooks/pre_flame_setup.py
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ class FlamePrelaunch(PreLaunchHook):
 
         # get user name and host name
         user_name = get_openpype_username()
+        user_name = user_name.replace(".", "_")
+
         hostname = socket.gethostname()  # not returning wiretap host name
 
         self.log.debug("Collected user \"{}\"".format(user_name))