diff --git a/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/metadata-modules/utils/__tests__/validate-metadata-name.spec.ts b/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/metadata-modules/utils/__tests__/validate-metadata-name.spec.ts
index 92541e07b..d2e03eac6 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/metadata-modules/utils/__tests__/validate-metadata-name.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/metadata-modules/utils/__tests__/validate-metadata-name.spec.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,16 @@ describe('validateMetadataName', () => {
 
     expect(validateMetadataName(input)).not.toThrow;
   });
+  it('throws error if string has spaces', () => {
+    const input = 'name with spaces';
+
+    expect(() => validateMetadataName(input)).toThrow(InvalidStringException);
+  });
+  it('throws error if string starts with capital letter', () => {
+    const input = 'StringStartingWithCapitalLetter';
+
+    expect(() => validateMetadataName(input)).toThrow(InvalidStringException);
+  });
 
   it('throws error if string has non latin characters', () => {
     const input = 'בְרִבְרִ';
diff --git a/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/metadata-modules/utils/validate-metadata-name.utils.ts b/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/metadata-modules/utils/validate-metadata-name.utils.ts
index 5f56677d7..16e8bfd56 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/metadata-modules/utils/validate-metadata-name.utils.ts
+++ b/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/metadata-modules/utils/validate-metadata-name.utils.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { InvalidStringException } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/errors/InvalidStringException';
 
-const VALID_STRING_PATTERN = /^[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9 ]*$/;
+const VALID_STRING_PATTERN = /^[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$/;
 
 export const validateMetadataName = (string: string) => {
   if (!string.match(VALID_STRING_PATTERN)) {