diff --git a/lib/plugins/teams.js b/lib/plugins/teams.js
index 4d7f7927..700d0e05 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/teams.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/teams.js
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ module.exports = class Teams extends Diffable {
 
       this.log.debug('Removing all security manager teams since they should not be handled here')
       this.log.debug(`Calling API to get security managers ${JSON.stringify(this.github.request.endpoint('GET /orgs/{org}/security-managers',
-         {
-            org: this.repo.owner
-          }))} `)
+        {
+          org: this.repo.owner
+        }))} `)
       const resp = await this.github.paginate('GET /orgs/{org}/security-managers',
         { org: this.repo.owner })
 
@@ -46,15 +46,18 @@ module.exports = class Teams extends Diffable {
         this.log.debug(`${this.repo.owner} Org does not have Security manager teams set up ${e}`)
       } else {
         this.log.error(
-        `Unexpected error when fetching for security manager teams org ${this.repo.owner} = ${e}`
+          `Unexpected error when fetching for security manager teams org ${this.repo.owner} = ${e}`
         )
       }
       return teams
     }
   }
+  slugify (name) {
+    return name.toLowerCase().replace(/\s+/g, '-')
+  }
 
   comparator (existing, attrs) {
-    return existing.slug === attrs.name.toLowerCase()
+    return existing.slug === this.slugify(attrs.name)
   }
 
   changed (existing, attrs) {
@@ -73,7 +76,7 @@ module.exports = class Teams extends Diffable {
   add (attrs) {
     let existing = { team_id: 1 }
     this.log.debug(`Getting team with the parms ${JSON.stringify(attrs)}`)
-    return this.github.teams.getByName({ org: this.repo.owner, team_slug: attrs.name }).then(res => {
+    return this.github.teams.getByName({ org: this.repo.owner, team_slug: this.slugify(attrs.name) }).then(res => {
       existing = res.data
       this.log.debug(`adding team ${attrs.name} to repo ${this.repo.repo}`)
       if (this.nop) {
@@ -132,7 +135,7 @@ module.exports = class Teams extends Diffable {
     return {
       team_id: existing.id,
       org: this.repo.owner,
-      team_slug: attrs.name,
+      team_slug: this.slugify(existing.name),
       owner: this.repo.owner,
       repo: this.repo.repo,
       permission: attrs.permission