diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 125708ee..ef6db8a3 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/gin-gonic/gin v1.6.3
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.1
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp v0.6.8
+	github.com/iancoleman/strcase v0.1.3
 	github.com/manifoldco/promptui v0.8.0
 	github.com/pkg/browser v0.0.0-20201112035734-206646e67786
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8757f1ef..149daab7 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ github.com/hashicorp/logutils v1.0.0/go.mod h1:QIAnNjmIWmVIIkWDTG1z5v++HQmx9WQRO
 github.com/hashicorp/mdns v1.0.0/go.mod h1:tL+uN++7HEJ6SQLQ2/p+z2pH24WQKWjBPkE0mNTz8vQ=
 github.com/hashicorp/memberlist v0.1.3/go.mod h1:ajVTdAv/9Im8oMAAj5G31PhhMCZJV2pPBoIllUwCN7I=
 github.com/hashicorp/serf v0.8.2/go.mod h1:6hOLApaqBFA1NXqRQAsxw9QxuDEvNxSQRwA/JwenrHc=
+github.com/iancoleman/strcase v0.1.3 h1:dJBk1m2/qjL1twPLf68JND55vvivMupZ4wIzE8CTdBw=
+github.com/iancoleman/strcase v0.1.3/go.mod h1:SK73tn/9oHe+/Y0h39VT4UCxmurVJkR5NA7kMEAOgSE=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0 h1:Z8tu5sraLXCXIcARxBp/8cbvlwVa7Z1NHg9XEKhtSvM=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:PxqpIevigyE2G7u3NXJIT2ANytuPF1OarO4DADm73n8=
 github.com/jonboulle/clockwork v0.1.0/go.mod h1:Ii8DK3G1RaLaWxj9trq07+26W01tbo22gdxWY5EU2bo=
diff --git a/pkg/config/render.go b/pkg/config/render.go
index 78eb9897..20ab29db 100644
--- a/pkg/config/render.go
+++ b/pkg/config/render.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package config
 import (
 	"io"
 
+	"github.com/iancoleman/strcase"
 	"github.com/moshebe/gebug/pkg/render"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
@@ -23,7 +24,9 @@ func (c *Config) renderedWrite(template string, writer io.Writer) error {
 
 // RenderDockerComposeFile writes the docker-compose.yml configuration to writer
 func (c *Config) RenderDockerComposeFile(writer io.Writer) error {
-	return c.renderedWrite(`version: '3'
+	cfg := *c
+	cfg.Name = strcase.ToKebab(cfg.Name)
+	return cfg.renderedWrite(`version: '3'
 services:
   gebug-{{.Name}}:
     build:
diff --git a/pkg/config/render_test.go b/pkg/config/render_test.go
index c6ee4ad6..28b6934a 100644
--- a/pkg/config/render_test.go
+++ b/pkg/config/render_test.go
@@ -18,6 +18,27 @@ var mockConfig = &Config{
 	ExposePorts:      []string{"8080"},
 }
 
+func TestConfig_RenderDockerComposeFileCamlCaseAppName(t *testing.T) {
+	cfg := *mockConfig
+	cfg.Name = "myApp2"
+	out := bytes.NewBufferString("")
+	err := cfg.RenderDockerComposeFile(out)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t,
+		`version: '3'
+services:
+  gebug-my-app-2:
+    build:
+      context: ..
+      dockerfile: .gebug/Dockerfile
+    volumes:
+      - ../:/src:ro
+    ports:
+      - 8080
+`,
+		out.String())
+}
+
 func TestConfig_RenderDockerComposeFile(t *testing.T) {
 	out := bytes.NewBufferString("")
 	err := mockConfig.RenderDockerComposeFile(out)