diff --git a/lb b/lb
index ad78b61..70480f7 100755
--- a/lb
+++ b/lb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ fi
 newpost() { read -erp "Give a title for your post:
 	" title
 	echo "$title" | grep "\"" >/dev/null && printf "Double quotation marks (\") are not allowed in entry titles.\\n" && exit
-	url="$(echo "$title" | tr -d '[:punct:]' | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | tr ' ' '-')"
+	url="$(echo "$title" | iconv -cf UTF-8 -t ASCII//TRANSLIT | tr -d '[:punct:]' | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | tr ' ' '-' | sed "s/-\+/-/g;s/\(^-\|-\$\)//g")"
 	echo "AddDescription \"$title\" \"$url.html\"" >> "$webdir/blog/.htaccess" || { echo "Error: Is htaccess writeable?"; exit; }
 	[ -f "$webdir/blog/.drafts/$url.html" ] && echo "There is already an existing draft entry of that same name/URL." && exit
 	[ -f "$webdir/blog/$url.html" ] && echo "There is already an existing published entry of that same name/URL." && exit