diff --git a/caprover_deploy.sh b/caprover_deploy.sh
index 1c16b30f..23a89760 100755
--- a/caprover_deploy.sh
+++ b/caprover_deploy.sh
@@ -16,13 +16,17 @@ echo "$BRANCH_NAME_SLUG"
 DEFAULT_APP_NAME="vbv-$BRANCH_NAME_SLUG"
 APP_NAME=${1:-$DEFAULT_APP_NAME}
 
+# remove multiple dashes and make sure it does not end with a dash
+APP_NAME=$(echo "$APP_NAME" | sed -E 's/-+/-/g')
+APP_NAME=$(echo "$APP_NAME" | sed 's/-\+$//')
+
 # shorten APP_NAME to 32 characters
 # app names with more character seem to fail in some steps in CapRover
 # CapRover generates longer names out from the app name and there
 # seems to be a limit in Docker of 64 characters
 if (( ${#APP_NAME} > 32 )); then
   hash="$(echo -n "$APP_NAME" | md5sum | cut -c1-4)"
-  APP_NAME="$(echo -n "${APP_NAME:0:28}-${hash}")"
+  APP_NAME=$(echo -n "${APP_NAME:0:28}-${hash}")
 fi
 
 echo "Deploy to $APP_NAME"
@@ -69,4 +73,4 @@ if [ -n "$CI" ]; then
   echo "Running within Bitbucket Pipelines"
   export CAPROVER_APP_URL="$APP_URL"
   echo "https://$CAPROVER_APP_URL" > /tmp/caprover_app_url.txt
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+fi