diff --git a/frontend/pages/g/[groupSlug]/r/create/new.vue b/frontend/pages/g/[groupSlug]/r/create/new.vue
index 29948d304..2c9f50f8f 100644
--- a/frontend/pages/g/[groupSlug]/r/create/new.vue
+++ b/frontend/pages/g/[groupSlug]/r/create/new.vue
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ import type { AxiosResponse } from "axios";
 import { useUserApi } from "~/composables/api";
 import { validators } from "~/composables/use-validators";
 import type { VForm } from "~/types/auto-forms";
+import { alert } from "~/composables/use-toast";
 
 export default defineNuxtComponent({
   setup() {
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ export default defineNuxtComponent({
 
     const api = useUserApi();
     const router = useRouter();
+    const i18n = useI18n();
 
     function handleResponse(response: AxiosResponse<string> | null, edit = false) {
       if (response?.status !== 201) {
@@ -71,11 +73,25 @@ export default defineNuxtComponent({
 
     const newRecipeName = ref("");
     const domCreateByName = ref<VForm | null>(null);
+    function createRecipeSlug(str: string): string {
+      return str
+        .toLowerCase()
+        .normalize("NFD")
+        .replace(/\p{Diacritic}/gu, "")
+        .replace(/[^a-z0-9]+/g, "-")
+        .replace(/^-+|-+$/g, "")
+        .replace(/-+/g, "-");
+    }
 
     async function createByName(name: string) {
       if (!domCreateByName.value?.validate() || name === "") {
         return;
       }
+      const recipeSlug = createRecipeSlug(name);
+      if (!recipeSlug) {
+        alert.error(i18n.t("recipe.recipe-creation-failed") as string);
+        return;
+      }
       const { response } = await api.recipes.createOne({ name });
       handleResponse(response as any, true);
     }
diff --git a/mealie/schema/recipe/recipe.py b/mealie/schema/recipe/recipe.py
index ffc62d112..9670023ef 100644
--- a/mealie/schema/recipe/recipe.py
+++ b/mealie/schema/recipe/recipe.py
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ def create_recipe_slug(name: str, max_length: int = 250) -> str:
         A truncated slug string
     """
     generated_slug = slugify(name)
+    if not generated_slug:
+        generated_slug = "untitled"
     if len(generated_slug) > max_length:
         generated_slug = generated_slug[:max_length]
     return generated_slug