diff --git a/ui/scripts/domains.js b/ui/scripts/domains.js
index 1c41f29a6fc..53ab54744a9 100644
--- a/ui/scripts/domains.js
+++ b/ui/scripts/domains.js
@@ -172,11 +172,11 @@
               fields: {
                 name: {
                   label: 'label.name',
-                  validation: { required: true, disallowSpecialCharacters: true }
+                  validation: { required: true }
                 },
                 networkdomain: {
                   label: 'label.network.domain',
-                  validation: { required: false, disallowSpecialCharacters: true }
+                  validation: { required: false }
                 }
               }
             }
diff --git a/ui/scripts/ui/dialog.js b/ui/scripts/ui/dialog.js
index 63dfbbdedd2..59df1308417 100644
--- a/ui/scripts/ui/dialog.js
+++ b/ui/scripts/ui/dialog.js
@@ -279,7 +279,8 @@
             if (field.defaultValue) {
               $input.val(field.defaultValue);
             }
-          }
+          }					
+					$input.addClass("disallowSpecialCharacters");					
         }
 
         $input.data('validation-rules', field.validation);