diff --git a/radicale/web/internal_data/fn.js b/radicale/web/internal_data/fn.js
index af13ad0a..9b0bad3b 100644
--- a/radicale/web/internal_data/fn.js
+++ b/radicale/web/internal_data/fn.js
@@ -1348,8 +1348,10 @@ function cleanHREFinput(a) {
         href_form = a.target;
     }
     let currentTxtVal = href_form.value.trim().toLowerCase();
-    //Clean the HREF to remove non lowercase letters and dashes
-    currentTxtVal = currentTxtVal.replace(/(?![0-9a-z\-\_])./g, '');
+    //Clean the HREF to remove not permitted chars
+    currentTxtVal = currentTxtVal.replace(/(?![0-9a-z\-\_\.])./g, '');
+    //Clean the HREF to remove leading . (would result in hidden directory)
+    currentTxtVal = currentTxtVal.replace(/^\./, '');
     href_form.value = currentTxtVal;
 }