diff --git a/plugins/inventory/netbird.py b/plugins/inventory/netbird.py
index 0534119..f3459da 100644
--- a/plugins/inventory/netbird.py
+++ b/plugins/inventory/netbird.py
@@ -59,9 +59,8 @@ options:
         description: Whether or not to fail if a group or variable is not found.
     compose:
         description: compose variables for Ansible based on jinja2 expression and inventory vars
-        default: False
         required: False
-        type: boolean
+        type: dict
     keyed_groups:
         description: create groups for plugins based on variable values and add the corresponding hosts to it
         type: list
diff --git a/tests/unit/module_utils/inventories/fixtures/peers_spaces_in_group.json b/tests/unit/module_utils/inventories/fixtures/peers_spaces_in_group.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..04d765b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/module_utils/inventories/fixtures/peers_spaces_in_group.json
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+[
+    {
+      "accessible_peers_count": 1,
+      "approval_required": false,
+      "city_name": "",
+      "connected": false,
+      "connection_ip": "",
+      "country_code": "",
+      "dns_label": "apple.netbird.cloud",
+      "geoname_id": 0,
+      "groups": [
+        {
+          "id": "3aBcD4eF5gHiJ6kLmNoP",
+          "name": "All",
+          "peers_count": 2
+        },
+        {
+            "id": "2j3k4l5m6n7o8p9q0r1",
+            "name": "Test Group With Spaces",
+            "peers_count": 1
+        }
+      ],
+      "hostname": "apple",
+      "id": "2j3k4l5m6n7o8p9q0r1",
+      "ip": "10.10.10.123",
+      "kernel_version": "",
+      "last_login": "2024-02-10T22:01:27.744131502Z",
+      "last_seen": "2024-02-11T03:21:42.202104672Z",
+      "login_expiration_enabled": true,
+      "login_expired": false,
+      "name": "apple",
+      "os": "Linux Mint 21.3",
+      "ssh_enabled": false,
+      "ui_version": "netbird-desktop-ui/0.25.7",
+      "user_id": "auth0|abc123xyz4567890defg",
+      "version": "0.25.7"
+    },
+    {
+      "accessible_peers_count": 1,
+      "approval_required": false,
+      "city_name": "New York",
+      "connected": true,
+      "connection_ip": "146.123.45.67",
+      "country_code": "US",
+      "dns_label": "banana.netbird.cloud",
+      "geoname_id": 1234567,
+      "groups": [
+        {
+          "id": "2j3k4l5m6n7o8p9q0r1",
+          "name": "Development",
+          "peers_count": 1
+        },
+        {
+          "id": "3aBcD4eF5gHiJ6kLmNoP",
+          "name": "All",
+          "peers_count": 2
+        }
+      ],
+      "hostname": "banana",
+      "id": "hkwJPXNUmGywCLo5S8Wg",
+      "ip": "10.10.10.124",
+      "kernel_version": "",
+      "last_login": "2024-02-02T11:20:05.934889112Z",
+      "last_seen": "2024-02-24T02:59:35.324496386Z",
+      "login_expiration_enabled": false,
+      "login_expired": false,
+      "name": "docker-manager",
+      "os": "Alpine Linux 3.19.1",
+      "ssh_enabled": false,
+      "ui_version": "",
+      "user_id": "",
+      "version": "0.25.5"
+    }
+  ]
diff --git a/tests/unit/module_utils/inventories/fixtures/spaces_in_group.netbird.yml b/tests/unit/module_utils/inventories/fixtures/spaces_in_group.netbird.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ee1ec7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/module_utils/inventories/fixtures/spaces_in_group.netbird.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+---
+plugin: dominion_solutions.netbird.netbird
+api_key: nbp_this_is_a_fake_api_key
+api_url: https://netbird.example.com/api/v1
+ip_style: plain
+netbird_connected: False
+leading_separator: No
+netbird_groups:
+- "Test Group With Spaces"
+groups:
+  connected: connected
+  ssh_hosts: ssh_enabled
+strict: No
+keyed_groups:
+
+compose:
+  ansible_ssh_host: label
+  ansible_ssh_port: 22
diff --git a/tests/unit/plugins/inventory/test_netbird.py b/tests/unit/plugins/inventory/test_netbird.py
index 8ac4ad2..a68d9fa 100644
--- a/tests/unit/plugins/inventory/test_netbird.py
+++ b/tests/unit/plugins/inventory/test_netbird.py
@@ -58,6 +58,20 @@ def netbird_api_multigroup():
     return mock_netbird_api
 
 
+@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
+def netbird_api_spaces_in_group():
+    mock_netbird_api = NetbirdApi(None, None)
+    response_data = []
+    with open('tests/unit/module_utils/inventories/fixtures/peers_spaces_in_group.json') as peers_file:
+        peers_map = json.load(peers_file)
+        for data in peers_map:
+            response_data.append(Peer(data['hostname'], data['dns_label'], data['id'], data))
+
+    mock_netbird_api.ListPeers = MagicMock(return_value=response_data)
+
+    return mock_netbird_api
+
+
 def test_missing_access_token_lookup(inventory):
     loader = DataLoader()
     inventory._options = {'api_key': None, 'api_url': None}
@@ -137,3 +151,16 @@ def test_use_ip_address(inventory, netbird_api_multigroup):
     assert inventory.inventory.groups is not None
     assert 'All' in inventory.inventory.groups
     assert 'Development' in inventory.inventory.groups
+
+
+def test_use_group_with_spaces(inventory, netbird_api_spaces_in_group):
+    loader = DataLoader()
+    path = 'tests/unit/module_utils/inventories/fixtures/spaces_in_group.netbird.yml'
+    inventory._build_client = MagicMock()
+    inventory.client = netbird_api_spaces_in_group
+    inventory.parse(InventoryData(), loader, path, False)
+    assert inventory.inventory is not None
+    assert inventory.inventory.hosts is not None
+    assert inventory.inventory.groups is not None
+    assert 'All' in inventory.inventory.groups
+    assert 'Test Group With Spaces' in inventory.inventory.groups