diff --git a/vmcreate.sh b/vmcreate.sh
index 723bfae..3b05366 100644
--- a/vmcreate.sh
+++ b/vmcreate.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ cat ./hosts | while read line
 do
     ip=$(echo $line | cut -d ' ' -f 1)
     hostname=$(echo $line | cut -d ' ' -f 2)
-    vmnum=$(echo $ip | cut -d '.' -f 3,4 | sed 's/.// ')
+    vmnum=$(echo $ip | cut -d '.' -f 3,4 | sed 's/\.// ')
     qm clone 5000 $vmnum --name $hostname --full 
     if [ $? -eq 0 ] 
         then echo "clone OK"