diff --git a/src/luaapi.c b/src/luaapi.c
index d5f9948..956cb51 100644
--- a/src/luaapi.c
+++ b/src/luaapi.c
@@ -1493,7 +1493,7 @@ static int luaapi_require(lua_State *L) {
 	}
 	
 	for(int i = 0; i < nameLen;) {
-		if(!isalpha(name[i]) && !isdigit(name[i]) && name[i] != '_' && name[i] != '-') {
+		if(!isalpha(name[i]) && !isdigit(name[i]) && name[i] != '_' && name[i] != '-' && name[i] != '.') {
 			memmove(name + i + 1, name + i, --nameLen - i);
 		} else i++;
 	}
@@ -1511,7 +1511,7 @@ static int luaapi_require(lua_State *L) {
 	}
 	
 	char buf[128];
-	snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s.lua", name);
+	snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%.*s.lua", (int) nameLen, name);
 	buf[127] = 0;
 	for(size_t i = 0; buf[i] && i < strlen(buf) - 4; i++) {
 		if(buf[i] == '.') buf[i] = '/';