diff --git a/scripts/make-folklist.py b/scripts/make-folklist.py
index e2389e6ee..c37e67f7a 100644
--- a/scripts/make-folklist.py
+++ b/scripts/make-folklist.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ def troggle_slugify(longname):
     slug = slug.replace('&', '') # otherwise just remove the &
     slug = slug.replace(';', '') # otherwise just remove the ;
     slug = re.sub(r'<[^>]*>','',slug) # remove <span-lang = "hu">
+    slug=slug.strip("-") # remove spare hyphens
     
     if len(slug) > 40: # slugfield is 50 chars
         slug = slug[:40]