diff --git a/build-aux/share/portproton/scripts/functions_helper b/build-aux/share/portproton/scripts/functions_helper
index 30363ef7..3910d0ec 100755
--- a/build-aux/share/portproton/scripts/functions_helper
+++ b/build-aux/share/portproton/scripts/functions_helper
@@ -1195,7 +1195,7 @@ init_wine_ver () {
         if [[ -d "${PORT_DATA_PATH}/data/dist" ]] ; then
             IFS=$'\n'
             for dist_dir in $(lsbash "${PORT_DATA_PATH}/data/dist") ; do
-                dist_dir_new=$(echo "${dist_dir}" | awk '$1=$1' | sed -e s/[[:blank:]]/_/g)
+                dist_dir_new=$(echo "${dist_dir}" | awk '$1=$1' | sed -e 's/[[:blank:]]*-[[:blank:]]*/-/g' -e 's/[[:blank:]]/_/g')
                 if [[ ! -d "${PORT_DATA_PATH}/data/dist/${dist_dir_new^^}" ]] ; then
                     mv -- "${PORT_DATA_PATH}/data/dist/$dist_dir" "${PORT_DATA_PATH}/data/dist/${dist_dir_new^^}"
                 fi
diff --git a/build-aux/share/portproton/scripts/start.sh b/build-aux/share/portproton/scripts/start.sh
index cb1e09ce..f1980701 100755
--- a/build-aux/share/portproton/scripts/start.sh
+++ b/build-aux/share/portproton/scripts/start.sh
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ create_new_dir "${HOME}/.local/share/applications"
 create_new_dir "${PORT_DATA_PATH}/data/dist"
 IFS=$'\n'
 for dist_dir in $(lsbash "${PORT_DATA_PATH}/data/dist/") ; do
-    dist_dir_new=$(echo "${dist_dir}" | awk '$1=$1' | sed -e s/[[:blank:]]/_/g)
+    dist_dir_new=$(echo "${dist_dir}" | awk '$1=$1' | sed -e 's/[[:blank:]]*-[[:blank:]]*/-/g' -e 's/[[:blank:]]/_/g')
     if [[ ! -d "${PORT_DATA_PATH}/data/dist/${dist_dir_new^^}" ]] ; then
         mv -- "${PORT_DATA_PATH}/data/dist/$dist_dir" "${PORT_DATA_PATH}/data/dist/${dist_dir_new^^}"
     fi
diff --git a/portprotonqt/debug_utils/env_utils.py b/portprotonqt/debug_utils/env_utils.py
index 2ece96eb..3d26b1ee 100644
--- a/portprotonqt/debug_utils/env_utils.py
+++ b/portprotonqt/debug_utils/env_utils.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """Environment variables and configuration utilities."""
 
 import os
+import re
 import subprocess
 
 from portprotonqt.logger import get_logger
@@ -11,8 +12,9 @@ logger = get_logger(__name__)
 
 
 def _normalize_dist_name(value: str) -> str:
-    # Match scripts behavior: trim, normalize whitespace, replace blanks with "_", uppercase.
-    return "_".join(value.split()).upper()
+    # Keep spaced hyphen separators readable before replacing blanks with "_".
+    normalized = re.sub(r"\s*-\s*", "-", value.strip())
+    return "_".join(normalized.split()).upper()
 
 
 def get_file_content(file_path: str, default: str = "") -> str:
diff --git a/portprotonqt/debug_utils/log_processor.py b/portprotonqt/debug_utils/log_processor.py
index 1a895959..a14c35f3 100644
--- a/portprotonqt/debug_utils/log_processor.py
+++ b/portprotonqt/debug_utils/log_processor.py
@@ -3,10 +3,7 @@
 import os
 import re
 
-
-def _normalize_dist_name(value: str) -> str:
-    # Match scripts behavior: trim, normalize whitespace, replace blanks with "_", uppercase.
-    return "_".join(value.split()).upper()
+from portprotonqt.debug_utils.env_utils import _normalize_dist_name
 
 
 def _strip_pw_wine_use_path(line: str) -> str: