diff --git a/core/um-permalinks.php b/core/um-permalinks.php
index 06cd7a2b..d7e14de5 100644
--- a/core/um-permalinks.php
+++ b/core/um-permalinks.php
@@ -240,11 +240,10 @@ class UM_Permalinks {
 		if( in_array( um_get_option( 'permalink_base'),  $full_name_permalinks ) )
 		{
 			$full_name = um_user( 'full_name' );
-			$count     = $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare(
-				"SELECT COUNT(*) as count FROM %s WHERE meta_key = 'full_name' && meta_value = %s ",
-				$wpdb->usermeta,
-				um_user( 'full_name' )
-			) );
+			$count     = intval( $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare(
+				"SELECT COUNT(*) as count FROM {$wpdb->usermeta} WHERE meta_key = 'full_name' AND meta_value = '%s'",
+				$full_name
+			) ) );
 
 			if( $count > 1 )
 			{
diff --git a/core/um-rewrite.php b/core/um-rewrite.php
index 002a1f84..8c44d94e 100644
--- a/core/um-rewrite.php
+++ b/core/um-rewrite.php
@@ -3,17 +3,17 @@
 class UM_Rewrite {
 
 	function __construct() {
-		
+
 		add_filter('query_vars', array(&$this, 'query_vars'), 10, 1 );
-		
+
 		add_action('init', array(&$this, 'rewrite_rules'), 100000000 );
-		
+
 		add_action('template_redirect', array(&$this, 'redirect_author_page'), 9999 );
-		
+
 		add_action('template_redirect', array(&$this, 'locate_user_profile'), 9999 );
-		
+
 	}
-	
+
 	/***
 	***	@modify global query vars
 	***/
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class UM_Rewrite {
 		$public_query_vars[] = 'subnav';
 		return $public_query_vars;
 	}
-	
+
 	/***
 	***	@setup rewrite rules
 	***/
@@ -33,21 +33,21 @@ class UM_Rewrite {
 		global $ultimatemember;
 
 		if ( isset( $ultimatemember->permalinks->core['user'] ) && !um_get_option('um_flush_stop') ) {
-		
+
 			$user_page_id = $ultimatemember->permalinks->core['user'];
 			$account_page_id = $ultimatemember->permalinks->core['account'];
 			$user = get_post($user_page_id);
-			
+
 			if ( isset( $user->post_name ) ) {
-				
+
 				$user_slug = $user->post_name;
 				$account = get_post($account_page_id);
 				$account_slug = $account->post_name;
 
 				$add_lang_code = '';
-				
+
 				if ( function_exists('icl_object_id') || function_exists('icl_get_current_language')  ) {
-					
+
 					if( function_exists('icl_get_current_language') ){
 						$language_code = icl_get_current_language();
 					}else if( function_exists('icl_object_id') ){
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class UM_Rewrite {
 					if( isset( $lang_post_obj->post_name ) ){
 						$user_slug = $lang_post_obj->post_name;
 					}
-					
+
 					// Account page translated slug
 					$lang_post_id = icl_object_id( $account->ID, 'post', FALSE, $language_code );
 					$lang_post_obj = get_post( $lang_post_id );
@@ -71,28 +71,28 @@ class UM_Rewrite {
 					if(  $language_code != icl_get_default_language() ){
 						$add_lang_code = $language_code;
 					}
-					
+
 				}
-				
+
 				add_rewrite_rule( $user_slug.'/([^/]+)/?$',
 									'index.php?page_id='.$user_page_id.'&um_user=$matches[1]&lang='.$add_lang_code,
 									'top'
 				);
-										
+
 				add_rewrite_rule( $account_slug.'/([^/]+)?$',
 									'index.php?page_id='.$account_page_id.'&um_tab=$matches[1]&lang='.$add_lang_code,
 									'top'
 				);
-				
+
 
 				flush_rewrite_rules( true );
 
 			}
 
 		}
-		
+
 	}
-	
+
 	/***
 	***	@author page to user profile redirect
 	***/
@@ -103,19 +103,19 @@ class UM_Rewrite {
 			exit( wp_redirect( um_user_profile_url() ) );
 		}
 	}
-		
+
 	/***
 	***	@locate/display a profile
 	***/
 	function locate_user_profile() {
 		global $post, $ultimatemember;
-		
+
 		if ( um_queried_user() && um_is_core_page('user') ) {
-		
+
 			if ( um_get_option('permalink_base') == 'user_login' ) {
-				
+
 				$user_id = username_exists( um_queried_user() );
-				
+
 				// Try nice name
 				if ( !$user_id ) {
 					$slug = um_queried_user();
@@ -125,50 +125,50 @@ class UM_Rewrite {
 						$user_id = $the_user->ID;
 					}
 				}
-				
+
 			}
-			
+
 			if ( um_get_option('permalink_base') == 'user_id' ) {
 				$user_id = $ultimatemember->user->user_exists_by_id( um_queried_user() );
 
 			}
-			
+
 			if ( in_array( um_get_option('permalink_base'), array('name','name_dash','name_dot','name_plus') ) ) {
 				$user_id = $ultimatemember->user->user_exists_by_name( um_queried_user() );
 
 			}
-			
+
 			/** USER EXISTS SET USER AND CONTINUE **/
-			
+
 			if ( $user_id ) {
-				
+
 				um_set_requested_user( $user_id );
-				
+
 			} else {
 
 				exit( wp_redirect( um_get_core_page('user') ) );
-				
+
 			}
-			
+
 		} else if ( um_is_core_page('user') ) {
-		
+
 			if ( is_user_logged_in() ) { // just redirect to their profile
-				
+
 				$query = $ultimatemember->permalinks->get_query_array();
-				
+
 				$url = um_user_profile_url();
-				
+
 				if ( $query ) {
 					foreach( $query as $key => $val ) {
 						$url =  add_query_arg($key, $val, $url);
 					}
 				}
-				
+
 				exit( wp_redirect( $url ) );
 			}
-			
+
 		}
 
 	}
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/core/um-short-functions.php b/core/um-short-functions.php
index 02d2be50..425a4914 100644
--- a/core/um-short-functions.php
+++ b/core/um-short-functions.php
@@ -66,11 +66,15 @@
 	/***
 	*** @user clean basename
 	***/
-	function um_clean_user_basename( $value ){
+	function um_clean_user_basename( $value ) {
 
+		$value = str_replace('<hon>', '', $value);
+		$value = preg_replace('/^([a-z]{2,3})\./', '$1<hon>', $value);
+		$value = preg_replace('/([a-z]{2,3})\.$/', '$1<hon>', $value);
 		$value = str_replace('.', ' ', $value);
 		$value = str_replace('-', ' ', $value);
 		$value = str_replace('+', ' ', $value);
+		$value = str_replace('<hon>', '.', $value);
 
 		return $value;
 	}
diff --git a/core/um-user.php b/core/um-user.php
index a9fb5404..578e8200 100644
--- a/core/um-user.php
+++ b/core/um-user.php
@@ -886,7 +886,7 @@ class UM_User {
 		$value = um_clean_user_basename( $value );
 
 		// if duplicate full name, return the user id
-		if( preg_match( '/\d+$/', $value, $matches ) )
+		if( preg_match( '/( |\.|\-)\d+$/', $value, $matches ) )
 		{
 			return $matches[0];
 		}