diff --git a/src/pyosmeta/parse_issues.py b/src/pyosmeta/parse_issues.py
index fa7b607..b1ccde6 100644
--- a/src/pyosmeta/parse_issues.py
+++ b/src/pyosmeta/parse_issues.py
@@ -640,10 +640,11 @@ def get_categories(
 
         # Get checked categories for package
         cat_list = issue_list[cat_index : cat_index + 10]
+        selected = [
+            item[0] for item in cat_list if re.search(r"- \[[xX]\] ", item[0])
+        ]
+        cleaned = [re.sub(r"- \[[xX]\] ", "", item) for item in selected]
         categories = [
-            re.sub(r"- \[[xX]\] ", "", item[0])
-            for item in cat_list
-            if re.search(r"- \[[xX]\] ", item[0])
+            re.sub(r"(\w+) (\w+)", r"\1-\2", item) for item in cleaned
         ]
-
         return [item.lower().replace("[^1]", "") for item in categories]