diff --git a/src/Jackett.Common/Indexers/Abstract/GazelleTracker.cs b/src/Jackett.Common/Indexers/Abstract/GazelleTracker.cs
index 29e5fad0a..36fffdb94 100644
--- a/src/Jackett.Common/Indexers/Abstract/GazelleTracker.cs
+++ b/src/Jackett.Common/Indexers/Abstract/GazelleTracker.cs
@@ -192,7 +192,8 @@ namespace Jackett.Common.Indexers.Abstract
             foreach (var cat in MapTorznabCapsToTrackers(query))
                 queryCollection.Add("filter_cat[" + cat + "]", "1");
 
-            searchUrl += "?" + queryCollection.GetQueryString();
+            // remove . as not used in titles
+            searchUrl += "?" + queryCollection.GetQueryString().Replace(".", " ");
 
             var apiKey = configData.ApiKey;
             var headers = apiKey != null ? new Dictionary<string, string> { ["Authorization"] = String.Format(AuthorizationFormat, apiKey.Value) } : null;
diff --git a/src/Jackett.Common/Indexers/AlphaRatio.cs b/src/Jackett.Common/Indexers/AlphaRatio.cs
index f49753747..482c94bce 100644
--- a/src/Jackett.Common/Indexers/AlphaRatio.cs
+++ b/src/Jackett.Common/Indexers/AlphaRatio.cs
@@ -72,9 +72,6 @@ namespace Jackett.Common.Indexers
             AddCategoryMapping(30, TorznabCatType.Other, "Misc");
         }
 
-        // Alpharatio can't handle dots in the searchstr
-        protected override string GetSearchTerm(TorznabQuery query) => query.GetQueryString().Replace(".", " ");
-
         protected override async Task<IEnumerable<ReleaseInfo>> PerformQuery(TorznabQuery query)
         {
             var releases = await base.PerformQuery(query);