diff --git a/scipost_django/SciPost_v1/urls.py b/scipost_django/SciPost_v1/urls.py
index 4eff807f97fa5318ab5e14210f9c884602bb6e8a..4cd2072104d4c58d6627e793d29956e3ea0c5b06 100644
--- a/scipost_django/SciPost_v1/urls.py
+++ b/scipost_django/SciPost_v1/urls.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ from comments.converters import (
     CommentDOILabelConverter, AuthorReplyDOILabelConverter
 )
 from common.converters import (
+    UnicodeSlugConverter,
     FourDigitYearConverter, TwoDigitMonthConverter, TwoDigitDayConverter
 )
 from journals.converters import (
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ register_converter(CollegeSlugConverter, 'college')
 register_converter(CommentDOILabelConverter, 'comment_doi_label')
 register_converter(AuthorReplyDOILabelConverter, 'author_reply_doi_label')
 # common
+register_converter(UnicodeSlugConverter, 'slug')
 register_converter(FourDigitYearConverter, 'YYYY')
 register_converter(TwoDigitMonthConverter, 'MM')
 register_converter(TwoDigitDayConverter, 'DD')
diff --git a/scipost_django/common/converters.py b/scipost_django/common/converters.py
index 50f0767ed10f2a08c28e21fd27713393206ff6f3..76a8a94c268bb35644fa86a89147aba5d4d00362 100644
--- a/scipost_django/common/converters.py
+++ b/scipost_django/common/converters.py
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@ __copyright__ = "Copyright © Stichting SciPost (SciPost Foundation)"
 __license__ = "AGPL v3"
 
 
+from django.urls.converters import StringConverter
+
+
+class UnicodeSlugConverter(StringConverter):
+    regex = '[-\w_]+'
+
+
 class FourDigitYearConverter:
     regex = '[0-9]{4}'