diff --git a/index.ts b/index.ts
index d6e8f6e..d2c83bc 100644
--- a/index.ts
+++ b/index.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export function execute(typeScriptResourcesNamespace: string, virtualResxFolder:
     function convertXmlToTypeScriptModelFile(xmlObject: any, resxFilename: string, typeScriptResourcesNamespace: string, virtualTypeScriptFolder: string): void {
         const projectRoot = getProjectRoot();
         const relativeResxFilename = resxFilename.replace(projectRoot, "").replace(/\\/g, "/");
-        const className = resxFilename.substr(resxFilename.lastIndexOf("\\") + 1).replace('.resx', '');
+        const className = resxFilename.substr(resxFilename.lastIndexOf("\\") + 1).replace('.resx', '').replace('.', '_');
         const resources: Array<any> = [];
         let content = '// TypeScript Resx model for: ' + relativeResxFilename + '\n' + 
                       '// Auto generated by resx-to-typescript (npm package)' + '\n' + '\n';