diff --git a/app/Actions/FormattedBranchName.php b/app/Actions/FormattedBranchName.php
index 24d09db..c239244 100644
--- a/app/Actions/FormattedBranchName.php
+++ b/app/Actions/FormattedBranchName.php
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class FormattedBranchName
 
     protected const SLUGIFY_DICTIONARY = ['+' => '-', '_' => '-', '@' => '-'];
 
-    public function handle(string $branch, ?string $pattern): string
+    public function handle(string $branch, ?string $pattern = null): string
     {
         if (isset($pattern)) {
             preg_match($pattern, $branch, $matches);
diff --git a/app/Services/Forge/ForgeService.php b/app/Services/Forge/ForgeService.php
index da2fc7e..c866b17 100644
--- a/app/Services/Forge/ForgeService.php
+++ b/app/Services/Forge/ForgeService.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 use App\Actions\FormattedBranchName;
 use App\Actions\GenerateDomainName;
 use App\Actions\GenerateStandardizedBranchName;
+use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 use Laravel\Forge\Forge;
 use Laravel\Forge\Resources\Server;
 use Laravel\Forge\Resources\Site;
@@ -89,9 +90,13 @@ public function getSiteIsolationUsername(): string
 
     public function getFormattedDatabaseName(): string
     {
-        return $this->setting->dbName ?? GenerateStandardizedBranchName::run(
-            $this->getFormattedBranchName()
-        );
+        if ($this->setting->dbName) {
+            $dbName = FormattedBranchName::run($this->setting->dbName);
+        } else {
+            $dbName = $this->getFormattedBranchName();
+        }
+
+        return Str::replace('-', '_', $dbName);
     }
 
     public function siteNginxTemplate(): string
diff --git a/app/Services/Forge/ForgeSetting.php b/app/Services/Forge/ForgeSetting.php
index 4f51cf2..0a50417 100644
--- a/app/Services/Forge/ForgeSetting.php
+++ b/app/Services/Forge/ForgeSetting.php
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ class ForgeSetting
         'site_isolation_required' => ['boolean'],
         'job_scheduler_required' => ['boolean'],
         'db_creation_required' => ['boolean'],
-        'db_name' => ['nullable', 'string', 'regex:/^[a-zA-Z0-9_]+$/'],
+        'db_name' => ['nullable', 'string'],
         'auto_source_required' => ['boolean'],
         'ssl_required' => ['boolean'],
         'wait_on_ssl' => ['boolean'],
@@ -230,14 +230,7 @@ public function __construct()
 
     private function init(array $configurations): void
     {
-        $validator = Validator::make(
-            $configurations,
-            $this->validationRules,
-            [
-                'db_name.regex' => 'The :attribute must only contain letters, numbers, and underscores.'
-            ],
-            ['db_name' => 'FORGE_DB_NAME']
-        );
+        $validator = Validator::make($configurations, $this->validationRules);
 
         throw_if($validator->fails(), ValidationException::class, $validator->errors()->all());