diff --git a/lib/plugin/instance.rb b/lib/plugin/instance.rb
index 0516cdc2802..8888a8cb339 100644
--- a/lib/plugin/instance.rb
+++ b/lib/plugin/instance.rb
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ class Plugin::Instance
     if Dir.exists?(public_data)
       target = Rails.root.to_s + "/public/plugins/"
       `mkdir -p #{target}`
-      target << name
+      target << name.gsub(/\s/,"_")
       # TODO a cleaner way of registering and unregistering
       `rm -f #{target}`
       `ln -s #{public_data} #{target}`