diff --git a/app/dashboard/templates/dashboard/custom_alias.html b/app/dashboard/templates/dashboard/custom_alias.html
index 600483c7..5380759c 100644
--- a/app/dashboard/templates/dashboard/custom_alias.html
+++ b/app/dashboard/templates/dashboard/custom_alias.html
@@ -19,19 +19,20 @@
       <div class="form-group">
         <label class="form-label">Custom Alias</label>
         <small class="text-muted">
-          Email must use alphanumeric characters and must be at least 6 characters
+          Email must use alphanumeric characters and must be at least 3 characters
         </small>
         <div class="row mt-4">
           <div class="col">
             {{ form.email(class="form-control",
-                pattern="[0-9|A-Z|a-z]{6,}",
-                title="Email must use alphanumeric characters and must be at least 6 characters.") }}
+                pattern="[0-9|A-Z|a-z]{3,}",
+                title="Email must use alphanumeric characters and must be at least 3 characters.") }}
             {{ render_field_errors(form.email) }}
           </div>
           <div class="col align-self-center">
-              <h4>
-                @simplelogin.co
-              </h4>
+            <input type="hidden" name="email-suffix" value="{{ email_suffix }}">
+            <h4>
+              .{{ email_suffix }}@{{ EMAIL_DOMAIN }}
+            </h4>
           </div>
         </div>
       </div>
diff --git a/app/dashboard/views/custom_alias.py b/app/dashboard/views/custom_alias.py
index e575cef0..1129cd3c 100644
--- a/app/dashboard/views/custom_alias.py
+++ b/app/dashboard/views/custom_alias.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from flask import render_template, redirect, url_for, flash
+from flask import render_template, redirect, url_for, flash, request
 from flask_login import login_required, current_user
 from flask_wtf import FlaskForm
 from wtforms import StringField, validators
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from app.dashboard.base import dashboard_bp
 from app.extensions import db
 from app.log import LOG
 from app.models import GenEmail
-from app.utils import convert_to_id
+from app.utils import convert_to_id, random_string
 
 
 class CustomAliasForm(FlaskForm):
@@ -31,10 +31,12 @@ def custom_alias():
     if form.validate_on_submit():
         email = form.email.data
         email = convert_to_id(email)
-        if len(email) < 6:
-            error = "email must be at least 6 letters"
+        email_suffix = request.form.get("email-suffix")
+
+        if len(email) < 3:
+            error = "email must be at least 3 letters"
         else:
-            full_email = f"{email}@{EMAIL_DOMAIN}"
+            full_email = f"{email}.{email_suffix}@{EMAIL_DOMAIN}"
             # check if email already exists
             if GenEmail.get_by(email=full_email):
                 error = "email already chosen, please choose another one"
@@ -48,4 +50,11 @@ def custom_alias():
 
                 return redirect(url_for("dashboard.index"))
 
-    return render_template("dashboard/custom_alias.html", form=form, error=error)
+    email_suffix = random_string(6)
+    return render_template(
+        "dashboard/custom_alias.html",
+        form=form,
+        error=error,
+        email_suffix=email_suffix,
+        EMAIL_DOMAIN=EMAIL_DOMAIN,
+    )