diff --git a/tools/check-candidacy.py b/tools/check-candidacy.py
index f76d771c..6836255a 100755
--- a/tools/check-candidacy.py
+++ b/tools/check-candidacy.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ except:
     print "usage: %s candidacy_file" % sys.argv[0]
     exit(1)
 
+project_name = project_name.replace('_', ' ')
 author = escape_author(author)
 
 if not os.path.isfile('.projects.yaml'):