diff --git a/clocks/widget.go b/clocks/widget.go
index 551ebda7..2d124bcd 100644
--- a/clocks/widget.go
+++ b/clocks/widget.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package clocks
 
 import (
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/senorprogrammer/wtf/wtf"
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ func (widget *Widget) buildClockCollection(locData map[string]interface{}) Clock
 	clockColl := ClockCollection{}
 
 	for label, locStr := range locData {
-		timeLoc, err := time.LoadLocation(locStr.(string))
+		timeLoc, err := time.LoadLocation(widget.sanitizeLocation(locStr.(string)))
 		if err != nil {
 			continue
 		}
@@ -45,3 +46,7 @@ func (widget *Widget) buildClockCollection(locData map[string]interface{}) Clock
 
 	return clockColl
 }
+
+func (widget *Widget) sanitizeLocation(locStr string) string {
+	return strings.Replace(locStr, " ", "_", -1)
+}