diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index efee635..ee26c7d 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ Requirements
 For example, you might want to mention here which versions of CKAN this
 extension works with.
 
+pip install -r dev-requirements.txt
 
 ------------
 Installation
diff --git a/ckanext/ozwillo_organization_api/plugin.py b/ckanext/ozwillo_organization_api/plugin.py
index 7221958..62ca92d 100644
--- a/ckanext/ozwillo_organization_api/plugin.py
+++ b/ckanext/ozwillo_organization_api/plugin.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import hmac
 import requests
 import logging
 import json
+from slugify import slugify
 
 import ckan.plugins as plugins
 import ckan.plugins.toolkit as toolkit
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ def create_organization(context, data_dict):
 
     org_dict = {
         'type': 'organization',
-        'name': organization['name'].lower().replace(' ', '-'),
+        'name': slugify(organization['name']),
         'id': instance_id,
         'title': organization['name'],
         'user': user_dict['name']
diff --git a/dev-requirements.txt b/dev-requirements.txt
index e69de29..f4843f7 100644
--- a/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+slugify
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f227884..9868108 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ setup(
     # project is installed. For an analysis of "install_requires" vs pip's
     # requirements files see:
     # https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/technical.html#install-requires-vs-requirements-files
-    install_requires=[],
+    install_requires=['slugify'],
 
     # If there are data files included in your packages that need to be
     # installed, specify them here.  If using Python 2.6 or less, then these