diff --git a/src/app/submit/actions.ts b/src/app/submit/actions.ts
index 1746ade..6127ff6 100644
--- a/src/app/submit/actions.ts
+++ b/src/app/submit/actions.ts
@@ -5,22 +5,10 @@ import type { TablesInsert } from "@/types/db";
 import { getMinioClient, PATCHES_BUCKET } from "@/utils/minio/server";
 import { sendDiscordMessageEmbed } from "@/utils/discord";
 import { APIEmbed } from "discord-api-types/v10";
+import { slugify } from "@/utils/format";
 
 type HackInsert = TablesInsert<"hacks">;
 
-function slugify(text: string) {
-  return text
-    .normalize("NFD")
-    .replace(/[\u0300-\u036f]/g, "") // strip combining diacritics
-    .replace(/ß/g, "ss")
-    .replace(/æ/g, "ae")
-    .replace(/œ/g, "oe")
-    .toLowerCase()
-    .trim()
-    .replace(/[^a-z0-9]+/g, "-")
-    .replace(/^-+|-+$/g, "");
-}
-
 async function ensureUniqueSlug(base: string, supabase: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof createClient>>) {
   let candidate = base;
   let suffix = 2;
diff --git a/src/components/Hack/HackSubmitForm.tsx b/src/components/Hack/HackSubmitForm.tsx
index 0d72d90..034dd32 100644
--- a/src/components/Hack/HackSubmitForm.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Hack/HackSubmitForm.tsx
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import BinFile from "rom-patcher-js/rom-patcher-js/modules/BinFile.js";
 import BPS from "rom-patcher-js/rom-patcher-js/modules/RomPatcher.format.bps.js";
 import { sha1Hex } from "@/utils/hash";
 import { platformAccept, setDraftCovers, getDraftCovers, deleteDraftCovers } from "@/utils/idb";
+import { slugify } from "@/utils/format";
 
 function SortableCoverItem({ id, index, url, filename, onRemove }: { id: string; index: number; url: string; filename: string; onRemove: () => void }) {
   const { attributes, listeners, setNodeRef, transform, transition, isDragging } = useSortable({ id });
@@ -241,18 +242,6 @@ export default function HackSubmitForm({ dummy = false }: HackSubmitFormProps) {
     return () => cancelAnimationFrame(raf1);
   }, [step, isDummy, isHydrating]);
 
-  const slugify = (text: string) =>
-    text
-      .normalize("NFD")
-      .replace(/[\u0300-\u036f]/g, "") // strip combining diacritics
-      .replace(/ß/g, "ss")
-      .replace(/æ/g, "ae")
-      .replace(/œ/g, "oe")
-      .toLowerCase()
-      .trim()
-      .replace(/[^a-z0-9]+/g, "-")
-      .replace(/^-+|-+$/g, "");
-
   const slug = slugify(title || "");
 
   // Draft load after user is known (covers case where user id wasn't ready at first render)
diff --git a/src/utils/format.ts b/src/utils/format.ts
index 7596f9b..950a078 100644
--- a/src/utils/format.ts
+++ b/src/utils/format.ts
@@ -3,4 +3,16 @@ export function formatCompactNumber(value: number): string {
   return new Intl.NumberFormat("en", { notation: "compact", maximumFractionDigits: 1 }).format(value);
 }
 
-
+export function slugify(text: string) {
+  return text
+    .normalize("NFD")
+    .replace(/[\u0300-\u036f]/g, "") // strip combining diacritics
+    .replace(/[.,!?'"\*\(\)]/g, "") // remove common punctuation
+    .replace(/ß/g, "ss")
+    .replace(/æ/g, "ae")
+    .replace(/œ/g, "oe")
+    .toLowerCase()
+    .trim()
+    .replace(/[^a-z0-9]+/g, "-")
+    .replace(/^-+|-+$/g, "");
+}