diff --git a/www/common/hyperjson.js b/www/common/hyperjson.js
index 2f0badbd4..35975aede 100644
--- a/www/common/hyperjson.js
+++ b/www/common/hyperjson.js
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ define([], function () {
             /* TODO this can be done with RegExps alone, and it will be faster
                 but this works and is a little less error prone, albeit slower
                 come back and speed it up when it comes time to optimize */
-          sel = sel +'.'+ attributes.class
+          sel = sel + attributes.class
             .split(/\s+/)
             .split(isTruthy)
             .map(prependDot)