diff --git a/transgrab.py b/transgrab.py
index 20bae09..81ea442 100644
--- a/transgrab.py
+++ b/transgrab.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import requests, re
+import requests, re, string
 from jsonpath import jsonpath
 from urllib.parse import quote as raw_quote
 import argparse
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def processTranscript(r,dir_style=1):
 	return "\n".join(text)
 
 def normalize(t):
-	return t.lower().replace(" ","_")
+	return "".join(filter(lambda x: not x in string.punctuation,t.lower())).replace(" ","_")
 
 if __name__=="__main__":
 	parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Grabs transcripts.")