diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b5d8473..3eab91d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "snakify"
-version = "1.1.0"
+version = "1.1.1"
 edition = "2021"
 
 authors = ["mxhagen"]
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 47128d2..49f2e7f 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ fn main() {
 
     let mut arg_warned = false;
     let mut output = String::new();
+    let mut last = '_';
     for arg in std::env::args().skip(1 + arg_start) {
         if !arg_warned
             && matches!(
@@ -55,11 +56,14 @@ fn main() {
             arg_warned = true;
         }
 
-        let last_was_separator = output.bytes().last().map(|x| x == b'_').unwrap_or(true);
         for c in arg.chars() {
             match c {
-                ' ' | '-' | '_' if last_was_separator => {}
-                ' ' | '-' | '_' => output.push('_'),
+                ' ' | '-' | '_' if last == '_' => {},
+                ' ' | '-' | '_' => {
+                    output.push('_');
+                    last = '_';
+                    continue;
+                },
 
                 'a'..='z' | 'A'..='Z' | '0'..='9' => output.push(c.to_ascii_lowercase()),
                 _ if flag == Some(Force) => output.push(c),
@@ -69,8 +73,13 @@ fn main() {
                     std::process::exit(1);
                 }
             }
+            last = c;
+        }
+
+        if last != '_' {
+            output.push('_');
+            last = '_';
         }
-        output.push('_')
     }
     output.pop();