diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 4c2739441439f45f962aa7efd380a532700832c6..d5354db659b5e125c02e2882ca6adb21dacd527d 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject python/lein-template "0.20.2"
+(defproject python/lein-template "0.20.3"
   :description "lein template for a python project"
   :repositories [["snapshots"
                   {:url "http://devserv.game.yy.com/nexus/content/repositories/snapshots"
diff --git a/src/leiningen/new/python.clj b/src/leiningen/new/python.clj
index 5bcc6428f8705206b4cf57cb0c0274b6b0226662..7b5f9c1c5c4455c87cb9c3d7f86e07f9184175ba 100644
--- a/src/leiningen/new/python.clj
+++ b/src/leiningen/new/python.clj
@@ -25,11 +25,17 @@
     (if (not (empty? output))
       (main/info output))))
 
+(defn name-to-python-pkg-name
+  "convert project name to python pkg name"
+  [name]
+  (string/replace name "-" "_"))
+
 (defn python
   "a standard python project with virtualenv, githooks, pep8, pylint etc"
   [name]
   (let [data {:name name
               :sanitized (name-to-path name)
+              :python-pkg-name (name-to-python-pkg-name name)
               :date (let [cal (Calendar/getInstance)]
                       (.format (new SimpleDateFormat "yyyy-MM-dd")
                                (.getTime cal)))}
@@ -64,7 +70,7 @@
                      "utils/virtualenv-15.1.0/virtualenv_support/pip-9.0.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl"
                      "utils/virtualenv-15.1.0/virtualenv_support/__init__.py"
                      ]
-        empty-files ["{{name}}/__init__.py"]
+        empty-files ["{{python-pkg-name}}/__init__.py"]
         package-files ["logger.conf"
                        "configlogger.py"
                        "config.py"
@@ -77,7 +83,7 @@
            (concat
             (map (fn [f] [f ""]) empty-files)
             (map (fn [f] [f (render f data)]) template-files)
-            (map (fn [f] [(str "{{name}}/" f) (render f data)]) package-files)
+            (map (fn [f] [(str "{{python-pkg-name}}/" f) (render f data)]) package-files)
             (map (fn [f] [f (io/input-stream (get-template-file f))])
                  ;; using input-stream here because the result of rendering
                  ;; binary file is undefined even when data is empty hashmap.
diff --git a/src/leiningen/new/python/Makefile b/src/leiningen/new/python/Makefile
index bc2cbe3e6537c2ef0a67370ccc2bb6e974851cbc..9c004b91d151f99b4e4c1db1035dd69d82e34580 100644
--- a/src/leiningen/new/python/Makefile
+++ b/src/leiningen/new/python/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-PYTHON_MODULES := {{name}}
+PYTHON_MODULES := {{python-pkg-name}}
 PYTHONPATH := .
 VENV := .venv
 PYTEST := env PYTHONPATH=$(PYTHONPATH) PYTEST=1 $(VENV)/bin/py.test
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ default: check-coding-style
 build:
 
 debug:
-	env DEBUG=1 $(PYTHON) {{name}}/main.py
+	env DEBUG=1 $(PYTHON) {{python-pkg-name}}/main.py
 run:
-	$(PYTHON) {{name}}/main.py
+	$(PYTHON) {{python-pkg-name}}/main.py
 uwsgi:
-	$(VENV)/bin/uwsgi --processes=2 --threads=4 --wsgi-file={{name}}/main.py --env=PYTHONPATH=. --http=localhost:8082 --disable-logging
+	$(VENV)/bin/uwsgi --processes=2 --threads=4 --wsgi-file={{python-pkg-name}}/main.py --env=PYTHONPATH=. --http=localhost:8082 --disable-logging
 shell:
 	$(PYTHON) -i
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ bootstrap-dev: venv requirements
 install: bootstrap
 	$(PYTHON) setup.py -q install
 uninstall: bootstrap
-	$(PIP) uninstall {{name}}    # TODO not tested.
+	$(PIP) uninstall {{python-pkg-name}}    # TODO not tested.
 deb:
 	utils/build-deb
 pipfreeze:
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@ wheel: bootstrap-dev
 
 check: just-test
 sanity-check: bootstrap
-	$(PYTHON) {{name}}/sanity_check.py
+	$(PYTHON) {{python-pkg-name}}/sanity_check.py
 check-coding-style: bootstrap-dev
 	$(PEP8) $(PYTHON_MODULES)
 	$(PYLINT) -E $(PYTHON_MODULES)
-	$(PYTHON) {{name}}/config.py
+	$(PYTHON) {{python-pkg-name}}/config.py
 pylint-full: check-coding-style
 	$(PYLINT) $(PYTHON_MODULES)
 test: check-coding-style
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ clean:
 	find . -name "__pycache__" -type d -exec rm -rf {} \; || true
 	find . -name "*.pyc" -type f -exec rm -rf {} \; || true
 full-clean:
-	rm -rf $(VENV) build/ dist/ wheelhouse/ {{name}}.egg-info/ distribute-*.tar.gz
+	rm -rf $(VENV) build/ dist/ wheelhouse/ {{python-pkg-name}}.egg-info/ distribute-*.tar.gz
 	find . -name "__pycache__" -type d -exec rm -rf {} \; || true
 	find . -name "*.pyc" -type f -exec rm -rf {} \; || true
 todo:
@@ -90,5 +90,5 @@ install-git-hooks-force:
 	./utils/install-git-hooks -f
 loc:
 	find . -regex '.*\.pyw?$$' -exec wc -l {} \+ | tail -n 1
-	which cloc >/dev/null && cloc {{name}}/
+	which cloc >/dev/null && cloc {{python-pkg-name}}/
 .PHONY: default build debug run uwsgi shell venv bootstrap bootstrap-dev install uninstall deb pipfreeze wheel check check-coding-style pylint-full test just-test test-prod clean full-clean todo TAGS update-git-hooks install-git-hooks install-git-hooks-force loc
diff --git a/src/leiningen/new/python/conf/uwsgi.ini b/src/leiningen/new/python/conf/uwsgi.ini
index 390ce179bce5a61ed8329843d75ad2b19d5f975e..9ab229ee553df454515d9c75228b8ae1ca410e33 100644
--- a/src/leiningen/new/python/conf/uwsgi.ini
+++ b/src/leiningen/new/python/conf/uwsgi.ini
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 socket=127.0.0.1:8082
 
 chdir=/opt/{{name}}
-wsgi-file={{name}}/main.py
+wsgi-file={{python-pkg-name}}/main.py
 env=PYTHONPATH=.
 
 processes=4
diff --git a/src/leiningen/new/python/config.py b/src/leiningen/new/python/config.py
index 5304f2b46c8868147ebf91eddaa654345da570ec..0a2e079f3e79222ef71c8a2d63288ebf106b840e 100644
--- a/src/leiningen/new/python/config.py
+++ b/src/leiningen/new/python/config.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ config variables
 from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function,
                         unicode_literals, with_statement)
 
-import {{name}}.configlogger
+import {{python-pkg-name}}.configlogger
 import logging
 import os
 
diff --git a/src/leiningen/new/python/configlogger.py b/src/leiningen/new/python/configlogger.py
index 4cdb90737f4313f8c8fef43830f0dc29e671f4de..f84a57a1a8723ac1d2e10e82267a9030ca87d43d 100644
--- a/src/leiningen/new/python/configlogger.py
+++ b/src/leiningen/new/python/configlogger.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def load_logger_config():
     """
     logdir = "/var/log/{{name}}/"
     if os.path.exists(logdir):
-        fileConfig(resource_filename("{{name}}", "logger.conf"))
+        fileConfig(resource_filename("{{python-pkg-name}}", "logger.conf"))
         return
 
     ENV = os.getenv("ENV", "test")
diff --git a/src/leiningen/new/python/deb-scripts/after-install.sh b/src/leiningen/new/python/deb-scripts/after-install.sh
index 0a61e4658e0eb85afbab9e7953035d93c158ec45..3671ba661a89ba6dc62a02bd725bf45537acfeda 100644
--- a/src/leiningen/new/python/deb-scripts/after-install.sh
+++ b/src/leiningen/new/python/deb-scripts/after-install.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ LOGDIR=${LOGDIR:-/var/log/{{name}}}
 RUN_AS_USER=www-data
 
 mkdir -p "$LOGDIR"
-# touch /data2/log/{{name}}/uwsgi.touch
+# touch /var/log/{{name}}/uwsgi.touch
 if [ "$RUN_AS_USER" != root ]; then
 	chown -R "$RUN_AS_USER":"$RUN_AS_USER" "$LOGDIR"
 fi
diff --git a/src/leiningen/new/python/sanity_check.py b/src/leiningen/new/python/sanity_check.py
index 22bc8d1ac659e49d2b6fd3e4262801d8734eebd2..69e42141910035ce87bc3648b9f0a19507130e3c 100644
--- a/src/leiningen/new/python/sanity_check.py
+++ b/src/leiningen/new/python/sanity_check.py
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import logging
 
 from wells.utils import check
 
-from {{name}}.config import CONF
-# from {{name}} import db
+from {{python-pkg-name}}.config import CONF
+# from {{python-pkg-name}} import db
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/src/leiningen/new/python/setup.py b/src/leiningen/new/python/setup.py
index 30b8e95a917eed33146ecb5f444c0f3dd0a4764c..6dde669f9c54fb67636a4fb08287d946f7e1cc29 100644
--- a/src/leiningen/new/python/setup.py
+++ b/src/leiningen/new/python/setup.py
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ setup(
     ],
     entry_points={
         # 'console_scripts': [
-        #     'main = {{name}}.main:main',
+        #     'main = {{python-pkg-name}}.main:main',
         # ]
     },
     package_data={
-        '{{name}}': ['logger.conf']
+        '{{python-pkg-name}}': ['logger.conf']
     },
     author="Yuanle Song",
     author_email="sylecn@gmail.com",
diff --git a/src/leiningen/new/python/tox.ini b/src/leiningen/new/python/tox.ini
index 967c84e076339ae2cff6826ed61f9e3c6b54987b..6f6b03484e7f09c2a59bef192d0f162ac7d487d9 100644
--- a/src/leiningen/new/python/tox.ini
+++ b/src/leiningen/new/python/tox.ini
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ envlist = py27,py34
 skipsdist = True
 
 [testenv]
-commands = pytest {{name}}
+commands = pytest {{python-pkg-name}}
 deps = -r{toxinidir}/requirements-dev.txt
        -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
 setenv = TESTING = 1
diff --git a/src/leiningen/new/python/utils/build-deb b/src/leiningen/new/python/utils/build-deb
index 76056594539472120e8f9e409b2c4c88445e6862..9274f7d02b32dc0c211050a035a6259d9a3ef430 100644
--- a/src/leiningen/new/python/utils/build-deb
+++ b/src/leiningen/new/python/utils/build-deb
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ if [ "$1" = "--help" ]; then
 fi
 
 VERSION=`grep 'version' setup.py |cut -d'"' -f 2`
-PKG_NAME="{{name}}"
-DEST_DIR="/opt/$PKG_NAME"
-PYTHON_MODULES="{{name}}"
+DEB_PKG_NAME="{{name}}"
+DEST_DIR="/opt/$DEB_PKG_NAME"
+PYTHON_MODULES="{{python-pkg-name}}"
 #PYTHON_MODULES=`echo */__init__.py|cut -d'/' -f1`
 
 if [ ! -d wheelhouse ]; then
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ if [ ! -d wheelhouse ]; then
 fi
 
 # add dependencies on libpq5 if you use psycopg2.
-fpm -t deb -s dir -n "$PKG_NAME" -v "$VERSION" --prefix "$DEST_DIR" -f \
+fpm -t deb -s dir -n "$DEB_PKG_NAME" -v "$VERSION" --prefix "$DEST_DIR" -f \
     --depends make \
     -x '*__pycache__' \
     -x '*.pyc' \