diff --git a/src/config_manager.rs b/src/config_manager.rs
index b4f6a8d..685fae9 100644
--- a/src/config_manager.rs
+++ b/src/config_manager.rs
@@ -178,7 +178,6 @@ fn read_file_to_config(path: &str) -> Result<Config, ConfigError> {
     if conf.config_version != 1 {
         return Err(ConfigError::UnsupportedVersionError);
     }
-    conf.validate()?;
     Ok(conf)
 }
 
diff --git a/src/validation/mod.rs b/src/validation/mod.rs
index 7560e0a..f711c4a 100644
--- a/src/validation/mod.rs
+++ b/src/validation/mod.rs
@@ -3,16 +3,14 @@ use {
     regex::Regex,
 };
 
-const REGEX_NAME: &str = r"^[a-zA-Z0-9._/-]*$";
-
 pub fn validate_name(value: &str, _: &Config) -> garde::Result {
     if value.len() > 32 {
         return Err(garde::Error::new("name is longer than 32"));
     }
 
-    static RE: Lazy<Regex> = Lazy::new(|| Regex::new(REGEX_NAME).unwrap());
+    static RE: Lazy<Regex> = Lazy::new(|| Regex::new(r"/^[0-9A-Za-z_-]*$/g").unwrap());
     if !RE.is_match(value) {
-        return Err(garde::Error::new("name must only contain a-zA-Z0-9._/-"));
+        return Err(garde::Error::new("name must only contain 0-9A-Za-z_-"));
     }
     Ok(())
 }