diff --git a/funcs/games/hangman.py b/funcs/games/hangman.py
index fcf7ce3..a116b3e 100644
--- a/funcs/games/hangman.py
+++ b/funcs/games/hangman.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class Hangman():
         if game == None:
             apiKey = self.bot.credentials.wordnikKey
             word = "-"
-            while "-" in word:
+            while "-" in word or "." in word:
                 with urllib.request.urlopen(apiUrl+apiKey) as p:
                     word = list(json.load(p)[0]["word"].upper())
             logThis("Found the word \""+"".join(word)+"\"")