diff --git a/plug.py b/plug.py
index 224b089b..795260ae 100644
--- a/plug.py
+++ b/plug.py
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ class Plugin(object):
         self.module = None	# None for disabled plugins.
 
         if loadfile:
-            sys.stdout.write(('loading plugin %s from "%s"\n' % (name, loadfile)).encode('utf-8'))
+            sys.stdout.write(('loading plugin %s from "%s"\n' % (name.replace('.', '_'), loadfile)).encode('utf-8'))
             with open(loadfile, 'rb') as plugfile:
-                module = imp.load_module('plugin_%s' % name.encode('ascii', 'replace'), plugfile, loadfile.encode(sys.getfilesystemencoding()),
+                module = imp.load_module('plugin_%s' % name.encode('ascii', 'replace').replace('.', '_'), plugfile, loadfile.encode(sys.getfilesystemencoding()),
                                          ('.py', 'r', imp.PY_SOURCE))
                 newname = module.plugin_start()
                 self.name = newname and unicode(newname) or name