diff --git a/lib/publify_core/string_ext.rb b/lib/publify_core/string_ext.rb
index e5042c7f..f9c20dca 100644
--- a/lib/publify_core/string_ext.rb
+++ b/lib/publify_core/string_ext.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ def to_permalink
         string = string.tr(key.join, value)
       end
       string = string.tr("'", "-")
-      string.gsub(/<[^>]*>/, "").to_url
+      Rails::HTML5::FullSanitizer.new.sanitize(string).to_url
     end
 
     # Returns a-string-with-dashes when passed 'a string with dashes'.