diff --git a/PythonImproved.YAML-tmLanguage b/PythonImproved.YAML-tmLanguage
index a9ea12a..6e4dd29 100644
--- a/PythonImproved.YAML-tmLanguage
+++ b/PythonImproved.YAML-tmLanguage
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ repository:
       )
     end: (?![[:alnum:]_\.\s])|(?=(?<!\.)\s+[^.])|$
     patterns:
-    - begin: (\.)(?=[[:alpha:]_][[:alnum:]_]*)
+    - begin: (?=[[:alpha:]_][[:alnum:]_]*)
       beginCaptures:
         '1': {name: meta.dot.python}
       end: (?![[:alnum:]_])
diff --git a/PythonImproved.tmLanguage b/PythonImproved.tmLanguage
index 4a70327..74f1244 100644
--- a/PythonImproved.tmLanguage
+++ b/PythonImproved.tmLanguage
@@ -1789,7 +1789,7 @@
 			<array>
 				<dict>
 					<key>begin</key>
-					<string>(\.)(?=[[:alpha:]_][[:alnum:]_]*)</string>
+					<string>(?=[[:alpha:]_][[:alnum:]_]*)</string>
 					<key>beginCaptures</key>
 					<dict>
 						<key>1</key>