diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 821237be1c2..411c1ffe703 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #### 🚀 Updates
 
 - Added caching around `bun bun.lockb` commands, instead of running them for every task.
+- Updated and loosened identifier naming restrictions.
 - Updated environment variable substitution to support different outputs when a variable is missing,
   based on a trailing flag syntax.
   - `$FOO` or `${FOO}` - If variable is missing, keeps the original syntax (current default).
diff --git a/crates/common/src/id.rs b/crates/common/src/id.rs
index a810f32db37..922b9dc0485 100644
--- a/crates/common/src/id.rs
+++ b/crates/common/src/id.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ pub static ID_CLEAN: OnceLock<Regex> = OnceLock::new();
 
 #[derive(Error, Debug, Diagnostic)]
 #[diagnostic(code(id::invalid_format))]
-#[error("Invalid format for {}, may only contain alpha-numeric characters, dashes (-), slashes (/), underscores (_), and dots (.), and must start with an alpha character.", .0.style(Style::Id))]
+#[error("Invalid format for {}, may only contain alpha-numeric characters, dashes (-), slashes (/), underscores (_), and periods (.).", .0.style(Style::Id))]
 pub struct IdError(String);
 
 #[derive(Clone, Default, Eq, Hash, Ord, PartialEq, PartialOrd, Serialize)]
@@ -24,9 +24,8 @@ impl Id {
         let id = id.as_ref();
 
         // The @ is to support npm package scopes!
-        let pattern = ID_PATTERN.get_or_init(|| {
-            Regex::new(format!("^([A-Za-z@_]{{1}}{})$", ID_CHARS).as_str()).unwrap()
-        });
+        let pattern =
+            ID_PATTERN.get_or_init(|| Regex::new(format!("^(@?{})$", ID_CHARS).as_str()).unwrap());
 
         if !pattern.is_match(id) {
             return Err(IdError(id.to_owned()));
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ impl Id {
         // with a leading -, causing pattern failures
         let id = id.as_ref().replace('@', "");
 
-        // This is to clean and ID and remove unwanted characters
+        // This is to clean an ID and remove unwanted characters
         let pattern = ID_CLEAN.get_or_init(|| Regex::new(r"[^0-9A-Za-z/\._-]+").unwrap());
 
         Id::new(pattern.replace_all(&id, "-"))
diff --git a/crates/project-graph/src/projects_locator.rs b/crates/project-graph/src/projects_locator.rs
index d6eaed20359..7e0b79d61a0 100644
--- a/crates/project-graph/src/projects_locator.rs
+++ b/crates/project-graph/src/projects_locator.rs
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ use moon_config::{ProjectSourceEntry, ProjectsSourcesList};
 use moon_vcs::BoxedVcs;
 use starbase_utils::{fs, glob};
 use std::path::Path;
-use tracing::{instrument, warn};
+use tracing::{debug, instrument, warn};
 
 /// Infer a project name from a source path, by using the name of
 /// the project folder.
-pub fn infer_project_id_and_source(
+fn infer_project_id_and_source(
     path: &str,
     workspace_root: &Path,
 ) -> miette::Result<ProjectSourceEntry> {
@@ -113,10 +113,17 @@ where
                 }
             }
 
-            sources.push(infer_project_id_and_source(
-                &project_source,
-                workspace_root,
-            )?)
+            let (id, source) = infer_project_id_and_source(&project_source, workspace_root)?;
+
+            if id.starts_with(".") {
+                debug!(
+                    id = id.as_str(),
+                    source = source.as_str(),
+                    "Received a project for a hidden folder. These are not supported through globs, but can be mapped explicitly with project sources!"
+                );
+            } else {
+                sources.push((id, source));
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/project-graph/tests/project_graph_test.rs b/crates/project-graph/tests/project_graph_test.rs
index fa2c1efdd1f..e70ff882212 100644
--- a/crates/project-graph/tests/project_graph_test.rs
+++ b/crates/project-graph/tests/project_graph_test.rs
@@ -193,8 +193,7 @@ mod project_graph {
         }
 
         #[tokio::test]
-        #[should_panic(expected = "Invalid format for .foo")]
-        async fn errors_for_dot_folders() {
+        async fn filters_dot_folders() {
             let sandbox = create_sandbox("dependencies");
             sandbox.create_file(".foo/moon.yml", "");