diff --git a/openpype/hosts/max/api/lib_renderproducts.py b/openpype/hosts/max/api/lib_renderproducts.py
index 4c9c9b8088..84cb0c1744 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/max/api/lib_renderproducts.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/max/api/lib_renderproducts.py
@@ -88,13 +88,12 @@ class RenderProducts(object):
         for i in range(render_elem_num):
             renderlayer_name = render_elem.GetRenderElement(i)
             target, renderpass = str(renderlayer_name).split(":")
-
+            render_element = os.path.join(dir, renderpass)
             if renderlayer_name.enabled:
                 for f in range(startFrame, endFrame):
-                    render_element = "{0}_{1}.{2}.{3}".format(folder,
-                                                               renderpass,
-                                                               str(f),
-                                                               fmt)
+                    render_element = "{0}.{1}.{2}".format(render_element,
+                                                              str(f),
+                                                              fmt)
                     render_element = render_element.replace("\\", "/")
                     render_dirname.append(render_element)
 
diff --git a/openpype/hosts/max/api/lib_rendersettings.py b/openpype/hosts/max/api/lib_rendersettings.py
index 30a252e07a..1188d77e29 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/max/api/lib_rendersettings.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/max/api/lib_rendersettings.py
@@ -121,16 +121,7 @@ class RenderSettings(object):
         for i in range(render_elem_num):
             renderlayer_name = render_elem.GetRenderElement(i)
             target, renderpass = str(renderlayer_name).split(":")
-            aov_name = "{0}_{1}..{2}".format(dir, renderpass, ext)
-            try:
-                aov_separator = self._aov_chars[(
-                    self._project_settings["maya"]
-                                          ["RenderSettings"]
-                                          ["aov_separator"]
-                )]
-            except KeyError:
-                aov_separator = "."
-
-            aov_name = aov_name.replace("{aov_separator}",
-                                        aov_separator)
+            render_element = os.path.join(dir, renderpass)
+            dir = dir.replace(".", " ")
+            aov_name = "{0}..{1}".format(render_element, ext)
             render_elem.SetRenderElementFileName(i, aov_name)