diff --git a/test/unit/test_disk_cache.py b/test/unit/test_disk_cache.py
index 5e55de3b6b..0fd4300940 100644
--- a/test/unit/test_disk_cache.py
+++ b/test/unit/test_disk_cache.py
@@ -76,5 +76,10 @@ class DiskCache(unittest.TestCase):
     self.assertEqual(diskcache_get(table, fancy_key), 5)
     self.assertEqual(diskcache_get(table, fancy_key3), None)
 
+  def test_table_name(self):
+    table = "test_gfx1010:xnack-"
+    diskcache_put(table, "key", "test")
+    self.assertEqual(diskcache_get(table, "key"), "test")
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
   unittest.main()
diff --git a/tinygrad/helpers.py b/tinygrad/helpers.py
index 2d0f93fcb1..d19236de56 100644
--- a/tinygrad/helpers.py
+++ b/tinygrad/helpers.py
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ def diskcache_get(table:str, key:Union[Dict, str, int]) -> Any:
   conn = db_connection()
   cur = conn.cursor()
   try:
-    res = cur.execute(f"SELECT val FROM {table}_{VERSION} WHERE {' AND '.join([f'{x}=?' for x in key.keys()])}", tuple(key.values()))
+    res = cur.execute(f"SELECT val FROM '{table}_{VERSION}' WHERE {' AND '.join([f'{x}=?' for x in key.keys()])}", tuple(key.values()))
   except sqlite3.OperationalError:
     return None  # table doesn't exist
   if (val:=res.fetchone()) is not None: return pickle.loads(val[0])
@@ -156,9 +156,9 @@ def diskcache_put(table:str, key:Union[Dict, str, int], val:Any):
   if table not in _db_tables:
     TYPES = {str: "text", bool: "integer", int: "integer", float: "numeric", bytes: "blob"}
     ltypes = ', '.join(f"{k} {TYPES[type(key[k])]}" for k in key.keys())
-    cur.execute(f"CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS {table}_{VERSION} ({ltypes}, val blob, PRIMARY KEY ({', '.join(key.keys())}))")
+    cur.execute(f"CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS '{table}_{VERSION}' ({ltypes}, val blob, PRIMARY KEY ({', '.join(key.keys())}))")
     _db_tables.add(table)
-  cur.execute(f"REPLACE INTO {table}_{VERSION} ({', '.join(key.keys())}, val) VALUES ({', '.join(['?']*len(key.keys()))}, ?)", tuple(key.values()) + (pickle.dumps(val), ))  # noqa: E501
+  cur.execute(f"REPLACE INTO '{table}_{VERSION}' ({', '.join(key.keys())}, val) VALUES ({', '.join(['?']*len(key.keys()))}, ?)", tuple(key.values()) + (pickle.dumps(val), ))  # noqa: E501
   conn.commit()
   cur.close()
   return val