diff --git a/src/octoprint/filemanager/storage.py b/src/octoprint/filemanager/storage.py
index b4578fff..0272dc16 100644
--- a/src/octoprint/filemanager/storage.py
+++ b/src/octoprint/filemanager/storage.py
@@ -624,7 +624,11 @@ class LocalFileStorage(StorageInterface):
 		if "/" in name or "\\" in name:
 			raise ValueError("name must not contain / or \\")
 
-		return self._slugify(name).replace(" ", "_")
+		result = self._slugify(name).replace(" ", "_")
+		if result.startswith("."):
+			# hidden files under *nix
+			result = result[1:]
+		return result
 
 	def sanitize_path(self, path):
 		"""