diff --git a/exporter/statsdExporter.py b/exporter/statsdExporter.py
index 82bdb78..cd2d790 100644
--- a/exporter/statsdExporter.py
+++ b/exporter/statsdExporter.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import statsd
 
 class StatsdExporter:
     def __init__(self):
-        self.servername = socket.gethostname()
+        self.servername = socket.gethostname().replace(".", "-")
         self.c = statsd.StatsClient('grafana2.keks.cloud', 8125)
     def gauge(self, name, value):
         self.c.gauge("server."+self.servername+"."+name, value)