diff --git a/server/src/common/actions/erp.actions.ts b/server/src/common/actions/erp.actions.ts
index 20beadb14..596d0c5ad 100644
--- a/server/src/common/actions/erp.actions.ts
+++ b/server/src/common/actions/erp.actions.ts
@@ -2,14 +2,17 @@ import Boom from "boom";
 import { ObjectId } from "mongodb";
 
 import { erpDb } from "../model/collections";
+import { slugify } from "../utils/stringUtils";
 
 export const createERP = async (name: string) => {
+  const uniqueId = slugify(name);
+
   return erpDb().insertOne({
     _id: new ObjectId(),
     name,
     created_at: new Date(),
     apiV3: true,
-    unique_id: name.toLowerCase(),
+    unique_id: uniqueId,
   });
 };
 
diff --git a/server/src/common/utils/stringUtils.ts b/server/src/common/utils/stringUtils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..26a96634b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/common/utils/stringUtils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+export const slugify = (text: string): string => {
+  return text
+    .toString()
+    .toLowerCase()
+    .trim()
+    .replace(/[\s_]+/g, "-")
+    .replace(/[^\w-]+/g, "");
+};