diff --git a/src/patientinformationform.cpp b/src/patientinformationform.cpp
index 6d8c455..822d69c 100644
--- a/src/patientinformationform.cpp
+++ b/src/patientinformationform.cpp
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ void PatientInformationForm::setProtocol(int type) {
 
 const char *PatientInformationForm::getCurrentPatientJsonString(bool empty) {
     cJSON* root=cJSON_CreateObject();
-    cJSON_AddItemToObject(root, "PatientName",cJSON_CreateString(ui->lbl_Name->text().replace(' ','.').toStdString().data()));
-    cJSON_AddItemToObject(root, "PatientID",cJSON_CreateString(ui->lbl_ID->text().replace(' ','.').toStdString().data()));
-    cJSON_AddItemToObject(root, "PatientSex",cJSON_CreateString(ui->lbl_Sex->text().replace(' ','.').toStdString().data()));
+    cJSON_AddItemToObject(root, "PatientName",cJSON_CreateString(ui->lbl_Name->text().replace(' ','_').toStdString().data()));
+    cJSON_AddItemToObject(root, "PatientID",cJSON_CreateString(ui->lbl_ID->text().replace(' ','_').toStdString().data()));
+    cJSON_AddItemToObject(root, "PatientSex",cJSON_CreateString(ui->lbl_Sex->text().toStdString().data()));
     cJSON_AddItemToObject(root, "PatientBirthDate",
             cJSON_CreateString(ui->lbl_Date->text().replace("/","").replace("-","").replace(' ','.').toStdString().data()));
     cJSON_AddItemToObject(root, "Laterality",cJSON_CreateString(currentProtocol?"R":"L"));