diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index da3c28c8055..f77e7dd79c8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@
     "test:lint": "echo 'Warning: TODO - Define Linting tests.'",
     "test:search-indexing": "jest ./search-indexing",
     "test:server": "cd ./api-server && npm test && cd ../",
-    "test:tools": "jest ./tools"
+    "test:tools": "jest ./tools",
+    "test:utils": "jest ./utils/*.js"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@freecodecamp/eslint-config": "^2.0.2",
diff --git a/utils/slugs.js b/utils/slugs.js
index 952aebb5a0d..5570e28391e 100644
--- a/utils/slugs.js
+++ b/utils/slugs.js
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ exports.dasherize = function dasherize(name) {
   return ('' + name)
     .toLowerCase()
     .replace(/\s/g, '-')
-    .replace(/[^a-z0-9\-.]/gi, '');
+    .replace(/[^a-z\d\-.]/g, '');
 };
 
 exports.nameify = function nameify(str) {
-  return ('' + str).replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9\s]/g, '');
+  return ('' + str).replace(/[^a-z\d\s]/gi, '');
 };
 
 exports.unDasherize = function unDasherize(name) {
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ exports.unDasherize = function unDasherize(name) {
       // replace dash with space
       .replace(/-/g, ' ')
       // strip nonalphanumarics chars except whitespace
-      .replace(/[^a-zA-Z\d\s]/g, '')
+      .replace(/[^a-z\d\s]/gi, '')
       .trim()
   );
 };
diff --git a/utils/slugs.test.js b/utils/slugs.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8adf5b27e80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/slugs.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/* global describe expect it */
+
+const slugs = require('./slugs');
+
+describe('dasherize', () => {
+  const { dasherize } = slugs;
+  it('returns a string', () => {
+    expect(dasherize('')).toBe('');
+  });
+  it('converts characters to lower case', () => {
+    expect(dasherize('UPPERCASE')).toBe('uppercase');
+  });
+  it('converts spaces to dashes', () => {
+    expect(dasherize('  the space  between    ')).toBe(
+      '--the-space--between----'
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('removes everything except letters, numbers, - and .', () => {
+    expect(dasherize('1a!"£$%^*()_+=-.b2')).toBe('1a-.b2');
+  });
+});
+
+describe('nameify', () => {
+  const { nameify } = slugs;
+  it('returns a string', () => {
+    expect(nameify('')).toBe('');
+  });
+  it('removes everything except letters, numbers and spaces', () => {
+    expect(nameify('1A !"£$%^*()_+=-.b  2')).toBe('1A b  2');
+  });
+});
+
+describe('unDasherize', () => {
+  const { unDasherize } = slugs;
+  it('returns a string', () => {
+    expect(unDasherize('')).toBe('');
+  });
+  it('converts dashes to spaces', () => {
+    expect(unDasherize('the-space--between')).toBe('the space  between');
+  });
+  it('removes everything except letters, numbers and spaces', () => {
+    expect(unDasherize('1A !"£$%^*()_+=-.b  2')).toBe('1A  b  2');
+  });
+  it('trims off surrounding whitespace', () => {
+    expect(unDasherize('--the-space--between----')).toBe('the space  between');
+  });
+});