diff --git a/autodist b/autodist
index 0c929d2..0ba63cc 100755
--- a/autodist
+++ b/autodist
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ get_job_vector() {
    local JTARGET=${1/\/*}
    local JPKG=
    [ "$JTARGET" != "$1" ] && JPKG="${1/*\/}"
-   local JNAME=`echo $JTARGET | tr - _ | tr . _`
+   local JNAME=`echo $JTARGET | tr - _ | tr . _ | tr @ _`
    if [[ ${JNAME:0:1} =~ [0-9] ]]; then
       # prepend a underscore to job names starting with a number (e.g. 54321)
       JNAME="_$JNAME"