diff --git a/plugins/DigitalLibrary/src/DigitalFactoryApiClient.py b/plugins/DigitalLibrary/src/DigitalFactoryApiClient.py
index 9a3157ccd6..a9a1ab360b 100644
--- a/plugins/DigitalLibrary/src/DigitalFactoryApiClient.py
+++ b/plugins/DigitalLibrary/src/DigitalFactoryApiClient.py
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ class DigitalFactoryApiClient:
         :param on_error: The function to be called if anything goes wrong.
         """
 
-        display_name = re.sub(r"[^a-zA-Z0-9- ./™®ö+']", " ", project_name)
+        display_name = re.sub(r"^[\\w\\-\\. ()]+\\.[a-zA-Z0-9]+$", " ", project_name)
         Logger.log("i", "Attempt to create new DF project '{}'.".format(display_name))
 
         url = "{}/projects".format(self.CURA_API_ROOT)