diff --git a/es-app/src/guis/GuiScraperMenu.cpp b/es-app/src/guis/GuiScraperMenu.cpp
index 2a76e9edf..90da182d7 100644
--- a/es-app/src/guis/GuiScraperMenu.cpp
+++ b/es-app/src/guis/GuiScraperMenu.cpp
@@ -896,6 +896,29 @@ void GuiScraperMenu::openOtherOptions()
         }
     });
 
+    // Whether to remove dots from game names when searching using the automatic scraper.
+    auto scraperAutomaticRemoveDots = std::make_shared<SwitchComponent>();
+    scraperAutomaticRemoveDots->setState(
+        Settings::getInstance()->getBool("ScraperAutomaticRemoveDots"));
+    s->addWithLabel("REMOVE DOTS FROM SEARCHES WHEN AUTO-SCRAPING", scraperAutomaticRemoveDots);
+    s->addSaveFunc([scraperAutomaticRemoveDots, s] {
+        if (scraperAutomaticRemoveDots->getState() !=
+            Settings::getInstance()->getBool("ScraperAutomaticRemoveDots")) {
+            Settings::getInstance()->setBool("ScraperAutomaticRemoveDots",
+                                             scraperAutomaticRemoveDots->getState());
+            s->setNeedsSaving();
+        }
+    });
+
+    // This is not needed for TheGamesDB, so gray out the option if this scraper is selected.
+    if (Settings::getInstance()->getString("Scraper") == "thegamesdb") {
+        scraperAutomaticRemoveDots->setEnabled(false);
+        scraperAutomaticRemoveDots->setOpacity(DISABLED_OPACITY);
+        scraperAutomaticRemoveDots->getParent()
+            ->getChild(scraperAutomaticRemoveDots->getChildIndex() - 1)
+            ->setOpacity(DISABLED_OPACITY);
+    }
+
     // Whether to fallback to additional regions.
     auto scraperRegionFallback = std::make_shared<SwitchComponent>(mWindow);
     scraperRegionFallback->setState(Settings::getInstance()->getBool("ScraperRegionFallback"));
diff --git a/es-app/src/scrapers/ScreenScraper.cpp b/es-app/src/scrapers/ScreenScraper.cpp
index c9783fc3d..2d9db925e 100644
--- a/es-app/src/scrapers/ScreenScraper.cpp
+++ b/es-app/src/scrapers/ScreenScraper.cpp
@@ -726,8 +726,8 @@ std::string ScreenScraperRequest::ScreenScraperConfig::getGameSearchUrl(
     const std::string gameName) const
 {
     std::string screenScraperURL;
-    std::string searchName = gameName;
-    bool singleSearch = false;
+    std::string searchName {gameName};
+    bool singleSearch {false};
 
     // Trim leading and trailing whitespaces.
     searchName = Utils::String::trim(searchName);
@@ -771,8 +771,8 @@ std::string ScreenScraperRequest::ScreenScraperConfig::getGameSearchUrl(
     // Another issue is that ScreenScraper removes the word "the" from the search string, which
     // could also lead to an error for short game names.
     if (!singleSearch) {
-        std::string removeThe =
-            Utils::String::replace(Utils::String::toUpper(searchName), "THE ", "");
+        std::string removeThe {
+            Utils::String::replace(Utils::String::toUpper(searchName), "THE ", "")};
         // Any additional spaces must also be removed.
         removeThe.erase(removeThe.begin(),
                         std::find_if(removeThe.begin(), removeThe.end(), [](char c) {
@@ -788,6 +788,8 @@ std::string ScreenScraperRequest::ScreenScraperConfig::getGameSearchUrl(
     }
 
     if (automaticMode || singleSearch) {
+        if (Settings::getInstance()->getBool("ScraperAutomaticRemoveDots"))
+            searchName = Utils::String::replace(searchName, ".", "");
         screenScraperURL = API_URL_BASE + "/jeuInfos.php?devid=" +
                            Utils::String::scramble(API_DEV_U, API_DEV_KEY) +
                            "&devpassword=" + Utils::String::scramble(API_DEV_P, API_DEV_KEY) +
diff --git a/es-core/src/Settings.cpp b/es-core/src/Settings.cpp
index fea763b68..e3c7c7705 100644
--- a/es-core/src/Settings.cpp
+++ b/es-core/src/Settings.cpp
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ void Settings::setDefaults()
     mBoolMap["ScraperRespectExclusions"] = {true, true};
     mBoolMap["ScraperExcludeRecursively"] = {true, true};
     mBoolMap["ScraperConvertUnderscores"] = {true, true};
+    mBoolMap["ScraperAutomaticRemoveDots"] = {true, true};
     mBoolMap["ScraperRegionFallback"] = {true, true};
     mBoolMap["ScraperRetryPeerVerification"] = {false, false};