diff --git a/change_abilities.py b/change_abilities.py
index f1df64d..23eb7f7 100644
--- a/change_abilities.py
+++ b/change_abilities.py
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ def get_target_abilities(ability_data_path):
 
             species_name = line[0].split("-")[0].lower() # Removes the "-Mega" suffix and sends the name to lower case
 
-            ability = (line[1].replace(" ", "")).lower() # Removes the spaces 
+            ability = (line[1].replace(" ", "")) # Removes the spaces 
+            ability = ability.replace("-", "") # Removes the dashes
+            ability = ability.lower()
             ability_data[species_name] = ability
 
     return ability_data