diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 28d3cb5..c441631 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const path = require('path');
+const slug = require('slug');
 const core = require('@actions/core');
 const exec = require('@actions/exec');
 const GhostAdminApi = require('@tryghost/admin-api');
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ const GhostAdminApi = require('@tryghost/admin-api');
 
         // Zip file was not provided - zip everything up!
         if (!zipPath) {
-            const themeName = core.getInput('theme-name') || require(pkgPath).name;
+            const themeName = core.getInput('theme-name') || slug(require(pkgPath).name);
             const themeZip = `${themeName}.zip`;
             const exclude = core.getInput('exclude') || '';
             zipPath = themeZip;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d0c8cda..924f586 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     "@actions/core": "3.0.0",
     "@actions/exec": "3.0.0",
     "@tryghost/admin-api": "1.14.4",
-    "@vercel/ncc": "^0.38.0"
+    "@vercel/ncc": "^0.38.0",
+    "slug": "^8.2.2"
   }
 }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 17d6659..1fdf880 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1605,6 +1605,11 @@ simple-html-tokenizer@^0.5.11:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/simple-html-tokenizer/-/simple-html-tokenizer-0.5.11.tgz#4c5186083c164ba22a7b477b7687ac056ad6b1d9"
   integrity sha512-C2WEK/Z3HoSFbYq8tI7ni3eOo/NneSPRoPpcM7WdLjFOArFuyXEjAoCdOC3DgMfRyziZQ1hCNR4mrNdWEvD0og==
 
+slug@^8.2.2:
+  version "8.2.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/slug/-/slug-8.2.2.tgz#33b019a857a11fc4773c1e9a9f60e3da651a9e5d"
+  integrity sha512-5ByW6qXqPeG0Tmlkh24JhdXhvQsbaJSjVr3GgGxUV0BSskZKKBZZfFWxezap8+fh1vxBN9GVbqI1V6nqAFxlBg==
+
 snake-case@^3.0.3:
   version "3.0.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/snake-case/-/snake-case-3.0.4.tgz#4f2bbd568e9935abdfd593f34c691dadb49c452c"