diff --git a/src/Gtk/Avalonia.Gtk3/Gtk3Platform.cs b/src/Gtk/Avalonia.Gtk3/Gtk3Platform.cs
index 9604e9975b..8444e509fd 100644
--- a/src/Gtk/Avalonia.Gtk3/Gtk3Platform.cs
+++ b/src/Gtk/Avalonia.Gtk3/Gtk3Platform.cs
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Gtk3
                 DisplayClassName =
                     Utf8Buffer.StringFromPtr(Native.GTypeName(Marshal.ReadIntPtr(Marshal.ReadIntPtr(disp))));
 
-                using (var utf = new Utf8Buffer("avalonia.app." + Guid.NewGuid()))
+                using (var utf = new Utf8Buffer($"avalonia.app.a{Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N")}"))
                     App = Native.GtkApplicationNew(utf, 0);
                 //Mark current thread as UI thread
                 s_tlsMarker = true;