diff --git a/src/bee-init.sh.in b/src/bee-init.sh.in
index 8aa0743..d45604d 100755
--- a/src/bee-init.sh.in
+++ b/src/bee-init.sh.in
@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@ function bee_versionify() {
 
     i=${#PKGVERSION[@]}-2
 
-    rules="-e 's,${PKGVERSION},\${PKGVERSION},g'"
+    rules="-e 's,${PKGVERSION//\./\\.},\${PKGVERSION},g'"
 
     while [ $i -gt 1 ] ; do
-       rules="${rules} -e 's,${PKGVERSION[$i]},\${PKGVERSION[$i]},g'"
+       rules="${rules} -e 's,${PKGVERSION[$i]//\./\\.},\${PKGVERSION[$i]},g'"
 
        i=i-1
     done