1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/Genre.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/Genre.cs
index 6ec78a270e..ef8acaef92 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/Genre.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/Genre.cs
@@ -83,10 +83,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities
 
         public static string GetPath(string name, bool normalizeName)
         {
-            // Trim the period at the end because windows will have a hard time with that
-            var validName = normalizeName ?
-                FileSystem.GetValidFilename(name).Trim().TrimEnd('.') :
-                name;
+            var validName = normalizeName ? GetItemByNameFolderName(name) : name;
 
             return System.IO.Path.Combine(ConfigurationManager.ApplicationPaths.GenrePath, validName);
         }