diff --git a/layout.sty b/layout.sty
index ab7fd10aeffbe580e0f2098f9240c3439f23059c..9dbf10ea1a3eb0c89d7ce7b0cb53e420b6f39b8e 100644
--- a/layout.sty
+++ b/layout.sty
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   style=mcoltree,
 ]{glossaries-extra}
   \setabbreviationstyle[acronym]{short-sc-long-desc}
+  \glsdefpostdesc{general}{.}
 
 \RequirePackage{gfsartemisia-euler} % fancy fonts
 \RequirePackage{epsdice} % for dice