diff --git a/pkg/jx/cmd/init.go b/pkg/jx/cmd/init.go
index e73ea5e8aa..9e79f323e6 100644
--- a/pkg/jx/cmd/init.go
+++ b/pkg/jx/cmd/init.go
@@ -817,7 +817,7 @@ func (o *CommonOptions) GetDomain(client kubernetes.Interface, domain string, pr
 			return domain, err
 		}
 		log.Infof("\nOn AWS we recommend using a custom DNS name to access services in your Kubernetes cluster to ensure you can use all of your Availability Zones\n")
-		log.Infof("If you do not have a custom DNS name you can use yet you can register a new one here: %s\n\n", util.ColorInfo("https://console.aws.amazon.com/route53/home?#DomainRegistration:"))
+		log.Infof("If you do not have a custom DNS name you can use yet, then you can register a new one here: %s\n\n", util.ColorInfo("https://console.aws.amazon.com/route53/home?#DomainRegistration:"))
 
 		for {
 			if util.Confirm("Would you like to register a wildcard DNS ALIAS to point at this ELB address? ", true,
@@ -902,7 +902,7 @@ func (o *CommonOptions) GetDomain(client kubernetes.Interface, domain string, pr
 		}
 		log.Successf("You can now configure a wildcard DNS pointing to the new loadbalancer address %s", address)
 		log.Info("\nIf you do not have a custom domain setup yet, Ingress rules will be set for magic dns nip.io.")
-		log.Infof("\nOnce you have a customer domain ready, you can update with the command %s", util.ColorInfo("jx upgrade ingress --cluster"))
+		log.Infof("\nOnce you have a custom domain ready, you can update with the command %s", util.ColorInfo("jx upgrade ingress --cluster"))
 
 		log.Infof("\nIf you don't have a wildcard DNS setup then setup a new CNAME and point it at: %s then use the DNS domain in the next input...\n", defaultDomain)
 
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ func (o *CommonOptions) GetDomain(client kubernetes.Interface, domain string, pr
 				Default: defaultDomain,
 				Help:    "Enter your custom domain that is used to generate Ingress rules, defaults to the magic dns nip.io",
 			}
-			survey.AskOne(prompt, &domain, survey.Required, surveyOpts)
+			survey.AskOne(prompt, &domain, survey.ComposeValidators(survey.Required, util.NoWhiteSpaceValidator()), surveyOpts)
 		}
 		if domain == "" {
 			domain = defaultDomain
@@ -925,3 +925,4 @@ func (o *CommonOptions) GetDomain(client kubernetes.Interface, domain string, pr
 
 	return domain, nil
 }
+
diff --git a/pkg/util/validators.go b/pkg/util/validators.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..919a26bffd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/util/validators.go
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package util
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"gopkg.in/AlecAivazis/survey.v1"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+//NoWhiteSpaceValidator is an input validator for the survey package that disallows any whitespace in the input
+func NoWhiteSpaceValidator() survey.Validator {
+	// return a validator that ensures the given string does not contain any whitespace
+	return func(val interface{}) error {
+		if str, ok := val.(string); ok {
+			if strings.ContainsAny(str, " ") {
+				// yell loudly
+				return fmt.Errorf("supplied value \"%v\" must not contain any whitespace", str)
+			}
+		}
+		// the input is fine
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
diff --git a/pkg/util/validators_test.go b/pkg/util/validators_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..753108fee7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/util/validators_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package util_test
+
+import (
+	"github.com/jenkins-x/jx/pkg/util"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"gopkg.in/AlecAivazis/survey.v1"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestNoWhitespaceValidator(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		testName	string
+		domainName  string
+		want		string
+	}{
+		{"leading whitespace"," fake.com", "supplied value \" fake.com\" must not contain any whitespace"},
+		{"trailing whitespace","fake.com ", "supplied value \"fake.com \" must not contain any whitespace"},
+		{"embedded whitespace","fake .com", "supplied value \"fake .com\" must not contain any whitespace"},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.testName, func(t *testing.T) {
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.want, testInputValidation(t, tt.domainName))
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func testInputValidation(t *testing.T, s string) interface{} {
+	valid := survey.ComposeValidators(
+		util.NoWhiteSpaceValidator(),
+	)
+	err := valid(s)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err.Error()
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+