diff --git a/.changeset/eighty-gifts-speak.md b/.changeset/eighty-gifts-speak.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38f64ac00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/eighty-gifts-speak.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'create-astro': patch
+---
+
+trim project name of the user input
diff --git a/packages/create-astro/src/actions/project-name.ts b/packages/create-astro/src/actions/project-name.ts
index 943de91bf..b7099d9bb 100644
--- a/packages/create-astro/src/actions/project-name.ts
+++ b/packages/create-astro/src/actions/project-name.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export async function projectName(ctx: Pick<Context, 'cwd' | 'prompt' | 'project
 			},
 		});
 
-		ctx.cwd = name!;
+		ctx.cwd = name!.trim();
 		ctx.projectName = toValidName(name!);
 	} else {
 		let name = ctx.cwd;
diff --git a/packages/create-astro/test/project-name.test.js b/packages/create-astro/test/project-name.test.js
index f297da076..a78207369 100644
--- a/packages/create-astro/test/project-name.test.js
+++ b/packages/create-astro/test/project-name.test.js
@@ -62,6 +62,15 @@ describe('project name', () => {
 		expect(context.projectName).to.eq('foobar');
 	});
 
+
+	it('blank space', async () => {
+		const context = { projectName: '', cwd: '', prompt: () => ({ name: 'foobar  ' }) };
+		await projectName(context);
+
+		expect(context.cwd).to.eq('foobar');
+		expect(context.projectName).to.eq('foobar');
+	});
+
 	it('normalize', async () => {
 		const context = { projectName: '', cwd: '', prompt: () => ({ name: 'Invalid Name' }) };
 		await projectName(context);