diff --git a/src/shared/prompts/functions.ts b/src/shared/prompts/functions.ts
index 071caa42..b39205bd 100644
--- a/src/shared/prompts/functions.ts
+++ b/src/shared/prompts/functions.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { messages } from './nameField.js';
  * For full license text, see LICENSE.txt file in the repo root or https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause
  */
 export const makeNameApiCompatible = (input: string): string =>
-  input.replace(/ /g, '').replace(/-/g, '_').replace(/_{2,}/g, '_');
+  input.replace(/ /g, '_').replace(/-/g, '_').replace(/_{2,}/g, '_');
 
 export const integerValidation =
   ({ min, max }: { min: number; max: number }) =>
diff --git a/test/shared/prompts.test.ts b/test/shared/prompts.test.ts
index 2140f245..6bac46f8 100644
--- a/test/shared/prompts.test.ts
+++ b/test/shared/prompts.test.ts
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ describe('integer validation for prompts', () => {
 
 describe('api name compatibility', () => {
   it('handles spaces', () => {
-    expect(makeNameApiCompatible('foo bar')).to.equal('foobar');
-    expect(makeNameApiCompatible('foo   bar')).to.equal('foobar');
+    expect(makeNameApiCompatible('foo bar')).to.equal('foo_bar');
+    expect(makeNameApiCompatible('foo   bar')).to.equal('foo_bar');
   });
   it('handles hyphens', () => {
     expect(makeNameApiCompatible('foo-bar')).to.equal('foo_bar');