diff --git a/src/managers/CursorManager.cpp b/src/managers/CursorManager.cpp
index c7e47120..fa5ee8cd 100644
--- a/src/managers/CursorManager.cpp
+++ b/src/managers/CursorManager.cpp
@@ -117,16 +117,16 @@ void CCursorManager::setCursorFromName(const std::string& name) {
     m_sCurrentCursorShapeData = m_pHyprcursor->getShape(name.c_str(), m_sCurrentStyleInfo);
 
     if (m_sCurrentCursorShapeData.images.size() < 1) {
-        // try with '-' first (xcursor, web, etc)
+        // try with '_' first (old hc, etc)
         std::string newName = name;
-        std::replace(newName.begin(), newName.end(), '_', '-');
+        std::replace(newName.begin(), newName.end(), '-', '_');
 
         m_sCurrentCursorShapeData = m_pHyprcursor->getShape(newName.c_str(), m_sCurrentStyleInfo);
     }
 
     if (m_sCurrentCursorShapeData.images.size() < 1) {
         // fallback to a default if available
-        constexpr const std::array<const char*, 2> fallbackShapes = {"default", "left_ptr"};
+        constexpr const std::array<const char*, 3> fallbackShapes = {"default", "left_ptr", "left-ptr"};
 
         for (auto& s : fallbackShapes) {
             m_sCurrentCursorShapeData = m_pHyprcursor->getShape(s, m_sCurrentStyleInfo);
diff --git a/src/protocols/CursorShape.cpp b/src/protocols/CursorShape.cpp
index a390f852..73c03ef3 100644
--- a/src/protocols/CursorShape.cpp
+++ b/src/protocols/CursorShape.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 constexpr const char* SHAPE_NAMES[] = {
     "invalid",
     "default",
-    "context_menu",
+    "context-menu",
     "help",
     "pointer",
     "progress",
@@ -15,31 +15,31 @@ constexpr const char* SHAPE_NAMES[] = {
     "cell",
     "crosshair",
     "text",
-    "vertical_text",
+    "vertical-text",
     "alias",
     "copy",
     "move",
-    "no_drop",
-    "not_allowed",
+    "no-drop",
+    "not-allowed",
     "grab",
     "grabbing",
-    "e_resize",
-    "n_resize",
-    "ne_resize",
-    "nw_resize",
-    "s_resize",
-    "se_resize",
-    "sw_resize",
-    "w_resize",
-    "ew_resize",
-    "ns_resize",
-    "nesw_resize",
-    "nwse_resize",
-    "col_resize",
-    "row_resize",
-    "all_scroll",
-    "zoom_in",
-    "zoom_out",
+    "e-resize",
+    "n-resize",
+    "ne-resize",
+    "nw-resize",
+    "s-resize",
+    "se-resize",
+    "sw-resize",
+    "w-resize",
+    "ew-resize",
+    "ns-resize",
+    "nesw-resize",
+    "nwse-resize",
+    "col-resize",
+    "row-resize",
+    "all-scroll",
+    "zoom-in",
+    "zoom-out",
 };
 // clang-format on