diff --git a/lib/controller.js b/lib/controller.js
index dda7d2ef6..9252c4965 100644
--- a/lib/controller.js
+++ b/lib/controller.js
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ const homeassistant = require('./homeassistant');
 const objectAssignDeep = require(`object-assign-deep`);
 
 const mqttConfigRegex = new RegExp(`${settings.get().mqtt.base_topic}/bridge/config/\\w+`, 'g');
-const mqttDeviceRegex = new RegExp(`${settings.get().mqtt.base_topic}/[\\w\\s\\d]+/set`, 'g');
-const mqttDevicePrefixRegex = new RegExp(`${settings.get().mqtt.base_topic}/[\\w\\s\\d]+/[\\w\\s\\d]+/set`, 'g');
+const mqttDeviceRegex = new RegExp(`${settings.get().mqtt.base_topic}/[\\w\\s\\d.-]+/set`, 'g');
+const mqttDevicePrefixRegex = new RegExp(`${settings.get().mqtt.base_topic}/[\\w\\s\\d.-]
+    +/[\\w\\s\\d.-]+/set`, 'g');
 
 const pollInterval = 60 * 1000; // seconds * 1000.
 const softResetTimeout = 3600 * 1000; // seconds * 1000.