diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index 1b0ab05..fbdada0 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -961,7 +961,9 @@ def get_active_months_query(visible_lists_query=None):
 
 
 def normalize_name(name):
-    return (name or "").strip().lower()
+    if not name:
+        return ""
+    return re.sub(r'\s+', ' ', name).strip().lower()
 
 
 ############# OCR ###########################