diff --git a/lib/string.ts b/lib/string.ts
index 0891f25..c88498a 100644
--- a/lib/string.ts
+++ b/lib/string.ts
@@ -12,21 +12,25 @@ export function formatDate(date?: string | Date): string {
   return new Intl.DateTimeFormat("en-US", options).format(date);
 }
 
-export function safeFileName(inputString: string): string {
-  let fileName = inputString.toLowerCase();
-  fileName = fileName.replace(/ /g, "_");
-  fileName = fileName.replace(/[^\w.-]/g, "");
-  fileName = fileName.replaceAll(":", "");
-  return fileName;
+export function safeFileName(input: string): string {
+  return input
+    .normalize("NFKD")
+    .replace(/[\u0300-\u036f]/g, "")
+    .replace(/[\s-]+/g, "_")
+    .replace(/[^A-Za-z0-9._]+/g, "")
+    .replace(/_+/g, "_")
+    // Trim underscores/dots from ends and prevent leading dots
+    .replace(/^[_\.]+|[_\.]+$/g, "").replace(/^\.+/, "")
+    .toLowerCase();
 }
 
 export function toUrlSafeString(input: string): string {
   return input
-    .trim() // Remove leading and trailing whitespace
-    .toLowerCase() // Convert to lowercase
-    .replace(/[^a-z0-9\s-]/g, "") // Remove non-alphanumeric characters except spaces and hyphens
-    .replace(/\s+/g, "-") // Replace spaces with hyphens
-    .replace(/-+/g, "-"); // Remove consecutive hyphens
+    .normalize("NFKD")
+    .replace(/[\u0300-\u036f]/g, "")
+    .replace(/[^A-Za-z0-9 _-]+/g, "")
+    .replace(/\s+/g, " ")
+    .trim();
 }
 
 export function extractHashTags(inputString: string) {
diff --git a/routes/api/articles/create/index.ts b/routes/api/articles/create/index.ts
index b97967a..9edf827 100644
--- a/routes/api/articles/create/index.ts
+++ b/routes/api/articles/create/index.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
   formatDate,
   isYoutubeLink,
   safeFileName,
+  toUrlSafeString,
 } from "@lib/string.ts";
 import { createLogger } from "@lib/log/index.ts";
 import { createResource } from "@lib/marka/index.ts";
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ async function processCreateArticle(
 
   streamResponse.enqueue("writing to disk");
 
-  await createResource(`articles/${title}.md`, newArticle);
+  await createResource(`articles/${toUrlSafeString(title)}.md`, newArticle);
 
   streamResponse.enqueue("id: " + title);
 }
diff --git a/routes/api/movies/[name].ts b/routes/api/movies/[name].ts
index 81cb302..71acc67 100644
--- a/routes/api/movies/[name].ts
+++ b/routes/api/movies/[name].ts
@@ -2,7 +2,12 @@ import { Handlers } from "$fresh/server.ts";
 import { json } from "@lib/helpers.ts";
 import * as tmdb from "@lib/tmdb.ts";
 import { fileExtension } from "https://deno.land/x/file_extension@v2.1.0/mod.ts";
-import { formatDate, isString, safeFileName } from "@lib/string.ts";
+import {
+  formatDate,
+  isString,
+  safeFileName,
+  toUrlSafeString,
+} from "@lib/string.ts";
 import { AccessDeniedError, BadRequestError } from "@lib/errors.ts";
 import { createResource, fetchResource } from "@lib/marka/index.ts";
 import { ReviewResource } from "@lib/marka/schema.ts";
@@ -59,9 +64,9 @@ export const handler: Handlers = {
       keywords,
     };
 
-    const fileName = `${safeFileName(name)}.md`;
+    const fileName = toUrlSafeString(name);
 
-    await createResource(`movies/${fileName}`, movie);
+    await createResource(`movies/${fileName}.md`, movie);
 
     return json({ name: fileName });
   },
diff --git a/routes/api/movies/enhance/[name].ts b/routes/api/movies/enhance/[name].ts
index a1da457..0e347c2 100644
--- a/routes/api/movies/enhance/[name].ts
+++ b/routes/api/movies/enhance/[name].ts
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 import { FreshContext, Handlers } from "$fresh/server.ts";
 import { fileExtension } from "https://deno.land/x/file_extension@v2.1.0/mod.ts";
 import * as tmdb from "@lib/tmdb.ts";
-import { formatDate, isString, safeFileName } from "@lib/string.ts";
+import {
+  formatDate,
+  isString,
+  safeFileName,
+  toUrlSafeString,
+} from "@lib/string.ts";
 import { json } from "@lib/helpers.ts";
 import {
   AccessDeniedError,
@@ -78,7 +83,7 @@ const POST = async (
     movie.content.image = finalPath;
   }
 
-  await createResource(`movies/${safeFileName(movie.name)}.md`, movie);
+  await createResource(`movies/${toUrlSafeString(movie.name)}.md`, movie);
 
   createRecommendationResource(movie, movieDetails.overview);
 
diff --git a/routes/api/recipes/create/index.ts b/routes/api/recipes/create/index.ts
index b372a15..3241968 100644
--- a/routes/api/recipes/create/index.ts
+++ b/routes/api/recipes/create/index.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import * as openai from "@lib/openai.ts";
 import { createLogger } from "@lib/log/index.ts";
 import recipeSchema from "@lib/recipeSchema.ts";
 import { fileExtension } from "https://deno.land/x/file_extension@v2.1.0/mod.ts";
-import { safeFileName } from "@lib/string.ts";
+import { safeFileName, toUrlSafeString } from "@lib/string.ts";
 import { parseJsonLdToRecipeSchema } from "./parseJsonLd.ts";
 import z from "zod";
 import { createResource } from "@lib/marka/index.ts";
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ async function processCreateRecipeFromUrl(
     recipe = res;
   }
 
-  const id = safeFileName(recipe?.name || "");
+  const id = toUrlSafeString(recipe?.name || "");
 
   if (!recipe) {
     streamResponse.enqueue("failed to parse recipe");
diff --git a/routes/api/series/[name].ts b/routes/api/series/[name].ts
index f4ac21f..5e22588 100644
--- a/routes/api/series/[name].ts
+++ b/routes/api/series/[name].ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { formatDate, isString, safeFileName } from "@lib/string.ts";
 import { AccessDeniedError, BadRequestError } from "@lib/errors.ts";
 import { createResource, fetchResource } from "@lib/marka/index.ts";
 import { ReviewResource } from "@lib/marka/schema.ts";
+import { toUrlSafeString } from "@lib/string.ts";
 
 function pickDirector(
   credits: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof tmdb.getSeriesCredits>>,
@@ -71,9 +72,9 @@ export const handler: Handlers = {
       keywords: keywords,
     };
 
-    const fileName = `${safeFileName(name)}.md`;
+    const fileName = toUrlSafeString(name);
 
-    await createResource(`series/${fileName}`, series);
+    await createResource(`series/${fileName}.md`, series);
 
     return json({ name: fileName });
   },