diff --git a/scripts/new-project.js b/scripts/new-project.js
index 6bf0270..5859505 100644
--- a/scripts/new-project.js
+++ b/scripts/new-project.js
@@ -7,14 +7,27 @@ const ora = require('ora')
 const templatePath = path.join(__dirname, 'new-project.yml')
 const template = fs.readFileSync(templatePath).toString()
 
-const title = process.argv[2]
-const titleSlug = slugify(title)
-const spinner = ora(`Adding '${title}'.`).start()
+const spinner = ora('Adding new project').start()
 
-const newContents = template.replace('TITLE', title).replace('SLUG', titleSlug)
+if (!process.argv[2]) {
+  spinner.fail('Use the format `npm run new -- Title of project`')
+  return
+}
+
+const title = process.argv[2]
+spinner.text = `Adding '${title}'.`
+
+const titleSlug = slugify(title, { lower: true })
 const projects = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'data', 'projects.yml')
+const newContents = template
+  .split('TITLE')
+  .join(title)
+  .split('SLUG')
+  .join(titleSlug)
 
 prepend(projects, newContents, error => {
-  if (error) throw error
+  if (error) {
+    spinner.fail(error)
+  }
   spinner.succeed(`Added '${title}' to top of projects.yml file.`)
 })