diff --git a/tests/test_utils.py b/tests/test_utils.py
index 9b6b5555..9c2526a0 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ def test_slugify():
         (' LOOK AT MY WHITESPACE   ', 'look-at-my-whitespace'),
         ("Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.", 'marvel-s-agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d'),
         ('Naruto Shippūden', 'naruto-shippuden'),
+        ('Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-', 're-zero-starting-life-in-another-world'),
+        ('So I’m a Spider, So What?', 'so-i-m-a-spider-so-what'),
     ]
 
     for inp, expected in test_data:
diff --git a/trakt/utils.py b/trakt/utils.py
index fbf54dc5..f9785b4e 100644
--- a/trakt/utils.py
+++ b/trakt/utils.py
@@ -14,10 +14,16 @@ def slugify(value):
 
     Adapted from django.utils.text.slugify
     """
-    nfkd_form = unicodedata.normalize('NFKD', value)
-    decoded = nfkd_form.encode('ascii', 'ignore').decode('utf-8')
-    value = re.sub(r'[^\w\s-]', ' ', decoded).strip().lower()
-    return re.sub(r'[-\s]+', '-', value)
+    value = unicodedata.normalize('NFKD', value)
+    # special case, "ascii" encode would just remove it
+    value = value.replace("’", '-')
+    value = value.encode('ascii', 'ignore').decode('utf-8')
+    value = value.lower()
+    value = re.sub(r'[^\w\s-]', ' ', value)
+    value = re.sub(r'[-\s]+', '-', value)
+    value = value.strip('-')
+
+    return value
 
 
 def airs_date(airs_at):