diff --git a/R/utils/spinr.sh b/R/utils/spinr.sh
index 9ca69f6fbb0023a3d392377561aefbf6fdf0e429..2afd0fca615492c731704740fd7b91d400d6aa9c 100644
--- a/R/utils/spinr.sh
+++ b/R/utils/spinr.sh
@@ -27,13 +27,14 @@ spinsnip(){
     fi
 
     reportName=$1
-    tmpR=$reportName.R
-
-    echo "processing $tmpR..."
+    tmpR=$(tr " " "_" $reportName).R
 
     ## http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11454343/pipe-output-to-bash-function
     cat | sed 's/#>/#'"'"'/g'  > $tmpR
 
+    echo "spining $tmpR..."
+
+
     spinr $tmpR
     rm $tmpR
 }