diff --git a/zssh.funcs.zsh b/zssh.funcs.zsh
index 6f88aa0..ce30fb8 100644
--- a/zssh.funcs.zsh
+++ b/zssh.funcs.zsh
@@ -160,8 +160,10 @@ function zssh_publish_configs()
   zshlibs_log zssh_server "generating access configs for parties …"
   for sshmatch in ${(k)zssh_host_config_accesses}
   do
-    zshlibs_log zssh_server "generating our server access config '$(zssh_host_info -E ${sshmatch})'"
-    zssh_generate_hostaccessconfig $sshmatch > "$(zssh_host_info -E ${sshmatch})"
+    config_filename="$(zssh_host_info -E ${sshmatch})"
+    config_filename=${config_filename//:/_}
+    zshlibs_log zssh_server "generating our server access config '${config_filename}'"
+    zssh_generate_hostaccessconfig $sshmatch > "${config_filename}"
   done
   zshlibs_log zssh_server "updating mtime for $(zssh_host_info -C)"
   touch "$(zssh_host_info -C)"