diff --git a/missing_albums.py b/missing_albums.py
index 2505e11..9f57fc5 100644
--- a/missing_albums.py
+++ b/missing_albums.py
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ def getAlbums(artist):
 
 def compact(inp):
 	inp = inp.lower()
-	return inp.replace("'","")
+	return inp.replace("'","").replace(","," ").replace("&"," ").replace(":", " ").replace(".", " ")
 
 missing = {}