diff --git a/zx/new_issue_branch.mjs b/zx/new_issue_branch.mjs
index bb5362f..6ce865f 100755
--- a/zx/new_issue_branch.mjs
+++ b/zx/new_issue_branch.mjs
@@ -6,9 +6,14 @@ const issueNumber = process.argv[3];
 const issue = await $`gh issue view ${issueNumber} --repo cosmos/ibc-go --json title`;
 const issueTitle = JSON.parse(issue).title;
 
-let sanitizedTitle = issueTitle.replaceAll(" ", "-").trim().toLowerCase()
+let sanitizedTitle = issueTitle.trim().toLowerCase()
 sanitizedTitle = sanitizedTitle.replaceAll(".", "")
+sanitizedTitle = sanitizedTitle.replaceAll(",", "")
 sanitizedTitle = sanitizedTitle.replaceAll("`", "")
 sanitizedTitle = sanitizedTitle.replaceAll(":", "")
+sanitizedTitle = sanitizedTitle.replaceAll("-", "")
+
+// replace the spaces with dashes after the dashes are removed.
+sanitizedTitle = sanitizedTitle.replaceAll(" ", "-")
 
 await $`git checkout -b "cian/issue#${issueNumber}-${sanitizedTitle}"`;