diff --git a/files/helpers/regex.py b/files/helpers/regex.py
index 1a5f0733d..7ccc84837 100644
--- a/files/helpers/regex.py
+++ b/files/helpers/regex.py
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ knowledgebase_page_regex = re.compile("[a-zA-Z0-9_\-]+", flags=re.A)
 def sub_matcher(match:re.Match, upper=False, replace_with:Union[dict[str, str], dict[str, List[str]]]=SLURS):
 	group_num = 0 if len(match.groups()) == 0 else 1
 	match_str = match.group(group_num)
+	if group_num == 1:
+		match_str = match_str.replace('\\W', '')
 	if match_str is None: return ""
 	if match_str.startswith('<'):
 		return match.group(group_num)