diff --git a/auditd-plugin-clickhouse.cpp b/auditd-plugin-clickhouse.cpp
index ba9b1de..655536d 100644
--- a/auditd-plugin-clickhouse.cpp
+++ b/auditd-plugin-clickhouse.cpp
@@ -107,6 +107,15 @@ void optional_set(T &value, const boost::property_tree::ptree &tree, const char
 	optional_set(value, tree, element_name, &always_true<T>);
 }
 
+std::string sanitize_column_name(const std::string &name)
+{
+	auto result = name;
+
+	std::replace(result.begin(), result.end(), '-', '_');
+
+	return result;
+}
+
 void auparse_callback(auparse_state_t *au, auparse_cb_event_t cb_event_type, void *user_data)
 {
 	CallbackData *callback_data = reinterpret_cast<CallbackData*>(user_data);
@@ -285,7 +294,7 @@ void auparse_callback(auparse_state_t *au, auparse_cb_event_t cb_event_type, voi
 
 					for (auto column_iter = columns.begin(); column_iter != columns.end(); ++column_iter)
 					{
-						block.AppendColumn(column_iter->name, column_iter->value);
+						block.AppendColumn(sanitize_column_name(column_iter->name), column_iter->value);
 					}
 				}
 
@@ -334,7 +343,7 @@ std::string construct_clickhouse_datatype_string(const std::string &name, const
 		clickhouse_type = "Nullable(String)";
 	}
 
-	return name + " " + clickhouse_type;
+	return sanitize_column_name(name) + " " + clickhouse_type;
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)