diff --git a/ui/js/jquery.pods.js b/ui/js/jquery.pods.js
index b889d11d05..f87bb81811 100644
--- a/ui/js/jquery.pods.js
+++ b/ui/js/jquery.pods.js
@@ -566,21 +566,20 @@
                 if ( $slug.length ) {
 	                $slug.on( 'change', function () {
 	                    // Strip HTML/code.
-	                    var slug = $( this ).val().replace( /<(?:.)*?>/g, '' ).replace( /['"]/g, '' ).replace( /<!--|--!?>/g, '' ).replace( /<|>/g, '' ),
+	                    var slug = $( this ).val().replace( /([^0-9a-zA-Z\_\- ])/g, '' ),
 							nameRaw = $( this ).prop( 'name' ),
 		                    name = nameRaw.replace( /\[/g, '\\[' ).replace( /\]/g, '\\]' );
 
                         if ( slug.length ) {
-							slug = slug.replace( /_+/g, '_' );
-							slug = slug.replace( /\-+/g, '-' );
-
-                            var slug_lower           = slug.toLowerCase(),
-	                            slug_sanitized       = slug.replace( /([^0-9a-zA-Z\_\- ])/g, '' );
-
-							slug_sanitized = slug_sanitized.replace( /([_\- ]+)$/g, '' );
-							slug_sanitized = slug_sanitized.replace( /\s+/g, '_' );
-							slug_sanitized = slug_sanitized.replace( /-+/g, '-' );
-							slug_sanitized = slug_sanitized.replace( /_+/g, '_' );
+							slug = slug.replace(/_+/g, '_')
+								.replace(/\-+/g, '-');
+
+							var slug_lower = slug.toLowerCase(),
+								slug_sanitized = slug.replace(/([^0-9a-zA-Z\_\- ])/g, '')
+									.replace(/([_\- ]+)$/g, '')
+									.replace(/\s+/g, '_')
+									.replace(/-+/g, '-')
+									.replace(/_+/g, '_');
 
 							var slug_sanitized_lower = slug_sanitized.toLowerCase();