diff --git a/release_version.txt b/release_version.txt
index 389facc..ad83b1b 100644
--- a/release_version.txt
+++ b/release_version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.5.5
\ No newline at end of file
+0.5.6
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/utils/send_mmost.sh b/utils/send_mmost.sh
index 432638b..97cc70a 100755
--- a/utils/send_mmost.sh
+++ b/utils/send_mmost.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ url=$(jq -r '.MATTERMOST.url' ${HOME}/.creds)
 team=$(jq -r '.MATTERMOST.team' ${HOME}/.creds)
 bearer=$(jq -r '.MATTERMOST.bearer' ${HOME}/.creds)
 
+#lowercase channel
+channel_name=$(echo "${channel_name}" | awk '{print tolower($0)}')
+# space to '-'
+channel_name=${channel_name/" "/"-"}
 
 get_channel_url="${url}/api/v4/teams/name/${team}/channels/name/${channel_name}"