diff --git a/.all-contributorsrc b/.all-contributorsrc
index c15cb88..234ef9f 100644
--- a/.all-contributorsrc
+++ b/.all-contributorsrc
@@ -388,6 +388,16 @@
       "contributions": [
         "code"
       ]
+    },
+    {
+      "login": "samijaber",
+      "name": "Sami Jaber",
+      "avatar_url": "https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/1393142?v=4",
+      "profile": "http://twitter.com/samjabz",
+      "contributions": [
+        "bug",
+        "code"
+      ]
     }
   ],
   "repoType": "github"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 85b4b58..814bcb4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ All the benefits of npm scripts without the cost of a bloated package.json and l
 [![downloads][downloads-badge]][npm-stat]
 [![MIT License][license-badge]][LICENSE]
 
-[![All Contributors](https://img.shields.io/badge/all_contributors-38-orange.svg?style=flat-square)](#contributors)
+[![All Contributors](https://img.shields.io/badge/all_contributors-39-orange.svg?style=flat-square)](#contributors)
 [![PRs Welcome][prs-badge]][prs]
 [![Donate][donate-badge]][donate]
 [![Code of Conduct][coc-badge]][coc]
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ Thanks goes to these people ([emoji key][emojis]):
 | [<img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1155589?v=3" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Sorin Muntean</b></sub>](https://github.com/sxn)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=sxn "Code") [⚠️](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=sxn "Tests") [📖](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=sxn "Documentation") | [<img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1970063?v=3" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Keith Gunn</b></sub>](https://github.com/gunnx)<br />[🐛](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/issues?q=author%3Agunnx "Bug reports") [💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=gunnx "Code") [⚠️](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=gunnx "Tests") | [<img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1019478?v=3" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Joe Martella</b></sub>](http://martellaj.github.io)<br />[🐛](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/issues?q=author%3Amartellaj "Bug reports") [💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=martellaj "Code") [⚠️](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=martellaj "Tests") | [<img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1887854?v=3" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Martin Segado</b></sub>](https://github.com/msegado)<br />[📖](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=msegado "Documentation") | [<img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/36491?v=3" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Bram Borggreve</b></sub>](http://colmena.io/)<br />[🐛](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/issues?q=author%3Abeeman "Bug reports") [💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=beeman "Code") | [<img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/86454?v=3" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Elijah Manor</b></sub>](http://elijahmanor.com)<br />[📹](#video-elijahmanor "Videos") | [<img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10691183?v=3" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Ragu Ramaswamy</b></sub>](https://github.com/rrag)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=rrag "Code") [⚠️](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=rrag "Tests") [🐛](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/issues?q=author%3Arrag "Bug reports") |
 | [<img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2915616?v=3" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Erik Fox</b></sub>](http://www.erikfox.co/)<br />[🐛](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/issues?q=author%3Aerikfox "Bug reports") [💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=erikfox "Code") [📖](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=erikfox "Documentation") [⚠️](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=erikfox "Tests") | [<img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5351262?v=3" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Aditya Pratap Singh</b></sub>](http://blog.adityapsingh.com)<br />[👀](#review-addityasingh "Reviewed Pull Requests") | [<img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7687132?v=3" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>bumbleblym</b></sub>](https://github.com/bumbleblym)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=bumbleblym "Code") [📖](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=bumbleblym "Documentation") | [<img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7091543?v=3" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Islam Attrash</b></sub>](https://twitter.com/IslamAttrash)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=Attrash-Islam "Code") | [<img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7215306?v=3" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>JasonSooter</b></sub>](https://github.com/JasonSooter)<br />[📖](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=JasonSooter "Documentation") | [<img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/116871?v=3" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Nate Cavanaugh</b></sub>](http://alterform.com)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=natecavanaugh "Code") | [<img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/3534924?v=3" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Wissam Abirached</b></sub>](https://designingforscale.com)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=wabirached "Code") [⚠️](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=wabirached "Tests") |
 | [<img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/12592677?v=3" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Paweł Mikołajczyk</b></sub>](https://github.com/Miklet)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=Miklet "Code") [⚠️](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=Miklet "Tests") | [<img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/1295580?v=3" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Kyle Welch</b></sub>](http://www.krwelch.com)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=kwelch "Code") [⚠️](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=kwelch "Tests") | [<img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/22868432?v=3" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Lufty Wiranda</b></sub>](http://instagram.com/luftywiranda13)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=luftywiranda13 "Code") | [<img src="https://avatars6.githubusercontent.com/u/2936644?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Bhargav Ponnapalli</b></sub>](http://imbhargav5.com)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=imbhargav5 "Code") | [<img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/1538572?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>falieson</b></sub>](https://github.com/Falieson)<br />[📖](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=Falieson "Documentation") [🔧](#tool-Falieson "Tools") | [<img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/22251956?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Suhas Karanth</b></sub>](https://github.com/sudo-suhas)<br />[🐛](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/issues?q=author%3Asudo-suhas "Bug reports") [💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=sudo-suhas "Code") | [<img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/1228867?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Eric Skram</b></sub>](http://www.ericskram.com)<br />[📖](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=Vpr99 "Documentation") |
-| [<img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/11901111?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Kether Saturnius</b></sub>](http://www.k3th3r.com)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=iamkether "Code") [📖](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=iamkether "Documentation") | [<img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/2536916?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Sviatoslav</b></sub>](https://github.com/SleepWalker)<br />[🐛](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/issues?q=author%3ASleepWalker "Bug reports") [💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=SleepWalker "Code") | [<img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/1470998?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Wei Wang</b></sub>](https://github.com/onlywei)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=onlywei "Code") |
+| [<img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/11901111?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Kether Saturnius</b></sub>](http://www.k3th3r.com)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=iamkether "Code") [📖](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=iamkether "Documentation") | [<img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/2536916?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Sviatoslav</b></sub>](https://github.com/SleepWalker)<br />[🐛](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/issues?q=author%3ASleepWalker "Bug reports") [💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=SleepWalker "Code") | [<img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/1470998?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Wei Wang</b></sub>](https://github.com/onlywei)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=onlywei "Code") | [<img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/1393142?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Sami Jaber</b></sub>](http://twitter.com/samjabz)<br />[🐛](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/issues?q=author%3Asamijaber "Bug reports") [💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=samijaber "Code") |
 <!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-LIST:END -->
 
 This project follows the [all-contributors][all-contributors] specification.
diff --git a/src/bin-utils/initialize/__tests__/fixtures/_package-scripts.js b/src/bin-utils/initialize/__tests__/fixtures/_package-scripts.js
index b8ce517..69361ec 100644
--- a/src/bin-utils/initialize/__tests__/fixtures/_package-scripts.js
+++ b/src/bin-utils/initialize/__tests__/fixtures/_package-scripts.js
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ module.exports = {
   scripts: {
     default: {
       default: 'echo start',
-      stuff: 'echo start:stuff'
+      stuff: 'echo start:stuff',
+      fooBar: 'echo start:foo-bar'
     },
     test: 'echo test',
     prefoo: {
diff --git a/src/bin-utils/initialize/__tests__/fixtures/_package-scripts.yml b/src/bin-utils/initialize/__tests__/fixtures/_package-scripts.yml
index 78fa95e..7dc2988 100644
--- a/src/bin-utils/initialize/__tests__/fixtures/_package-scripts.yml
+++ b/src/bin-utils/initialize/__tests__/fixtures/_package-scripts.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ scripts:
   default:
     default: echo start
     stuff: 'echo start:stuff'
+    fooBar: 'echo start:foo-bar'
   test: echo test
   prefoo:
     default: echo prefoo
diff --git a/src/bin-utils/initialize/__tests__/fixtures/_package.json b/src/bin-utils/initialize/__tests__/fixtures/_package.json
index 0304d1d..839c81a 100644
--- a/src/bin-utils/initialize/__tests__/fixtures/_package.json
+++ b/src/bin-utils/initialize/__tests__/fixtures/_package.json
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "start": "echo start",
     "start:stuff": "echo start:stuff",
+    "start:foo-bar": "echo start:foo-bar",
     "test": "echo test",
     "prefoo": "echo prefoo",
     "foo": "npm run foo -- --bar=1",
diff --git a/src/bin-utils/initialize/index.js b/src/bin-utils/initialize/index.js
index a043e66..4ddb7d5 100644
--- a/src/bin-utils/initialize/index.js
+++ b/src/bin-utils/initialize/index.js
@@ -113,14 +113,16 @@ function structureScripts(scripts) {
       const keyParts = scriptKey.split(':')
       const isKeyScriptHook = isScriptHook(keyParts[0])
       const deepKey = convertToNpsScript(keyParts)
-      let defaultDeepKey = `${deepKey}.default`
-      if (scriptKey.indexOf('start') === 0) {
-        defaultDeepKey = [
+
+      const isStartScript = scriptKey.indexOf('start') === 0
+      const defaultDeepKey = isStartScript ?
+        convertToNpsScript([
           'default',
           ...keyParts.slice(1, keyParts.length),
           'default',
-        ].join('.')
-      }
+        ]) :
+        `${deepKey}.default`
+
       let script = scripts[scriptKey]
       if (!isKeyScriptHook) {
         const {preHook, postHook} = getPrePostHooks(