diff --git a/realms/__init__.py b/realms/__init__.py
index 59899cc..27b2ce7 100644
--- a/realms/__init__.py
+++ b/realms/__init__.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ reload(sys)
 # noinspection PyUnresolvedReferences
 sys.setdefaultencoding('utf-8')
 
+import base64
 import time
 import json
 import httplib
@@ -185,6 +186,10 @@ def create_app(config=None):
     def _jinja2_filter_datetime(ts):
         return time.strftime('%b %d, %Y %I:%M %p', time.localtime(ts))
 
+    @app.template_filter('b64encode')
+    def _jinja2_filter_b64encode(s):
+        return base64.urlsafe_b64encode(s).rstrip("=")
+
     @app.errorhandler(404)
     def page_not_found(e):
         return render_template('errors/404.html'), 404
diff --git a/realms/lib/util.py b/realms/lib/util.py
index 74dcf26..f25f314 100644
--- a/realms/lib/util.py
+++ b/realms/lib/util.py
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ def clean_url(url):
 
 def to_canonical(s):
     """
-    Double space -> single dash
-    Double dash -> single dash
-    Remove all non alphanumeric and dash except path separatos (/)
+    Remove leading/trailing whitespace
+    Remove leading underscores and backslashes "/"
+    Convert spaces to dashes "-"
     Limit to first 128 chars
     """
     reserved_chars = "&$+,:;=?@#"
@@ -95,7 +95,9 @@ def to_canonical(s):
     s = str(s)
     s = s.strip()
     s = s.lstrip('_')
+    s = s.lstrip('/')
     s = re.sub(r"\s", "-", s)
+    s = re.sub(r"/+", "/", s)
     s = re.sub(r"[" + re.escape(reserved_chars) + "]", "", s)
     s = re.sub(r"[" + re.escape(unsafe_chars) + "]", "", s)
     s = s[:128]
diff --git a/realms/static/js/editor.js b/realms/static/js/editor.js
index 8097d17..6340f58 100644
--- a/realms/static/js/editor.js
+++ b/realms/static/js/editor.js
@@ -89,13 +89,13 @@ var aced = new Aced({
   info: Commit.info,
   submit: function(content) {
     var data = {
-      name: $page_name.val(),
+      name: $page_name.val().replace(/^\/*/g, "").replace(/\/+/g, "/"),
       message: $page_message.val(),
       content: content
     };
 
     // If renaming an existing page, use the old page name for the URL to PUT to
-    var subPath = (PAGE_NAME) ? PAGE_NAME : data['name']
+    var subPath = (PAGE_NAME) ? PAGE_NAME : data['name'];
     var path = Config['RELATIVE_PATH'] + '/' + subPath;
     var newPath = Config['RELATIVE_PATH'] + '/' + data['name'];
 
diff --git a/realms/templates/wiki/edit.html b/realms/templates/wiki/edit.html
index 2647359..e43bd8d 100644
--- a/realms/templates/wiki/edit.html
+++ b/realms/templates/wiki/edit.html
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
         <a class="markdown-help" href=""><span class="hidden">What is Markdown?</span></a>
       </header>
       <section id="entry-markdown-content" class="entry-markdown-content">
-        <div id="editor-{{ name }}" data-submitbtn='submit-btn' data-themeselect="theme-list" data-mode="markdown"
+        <div id="editor-{{ name | b64encode }}" data-submitbtn='submit-btn' data-themeselect="theme-list" data-mode="markdown"
              data-preview="preview" class="editor">{{ content }}</div>
       </section>
     </section>