diff --git a/app/lib/database/utils.ts b/app/lib/database/utils.ts
index 8bc2df1946b..e9cc9d89775 100644
--- a/app/lib/database/utils.ts
+++ b/app/lib/database/utils.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import XRegExp from 'xregexp';
-import { slugify } from 'transliteration';
 
 // Matches letters from any alphabet and numbers
 const likeStringRegex = XRegExp('[^\\p{L}\\p{Nd}]', 'g');
@@ -10,10 +8,11 @@ export const sanitizeLikeString = (str?: string): string | undefined => str?.rep
 // slugifyLikeString('測試123') => 'ce-shi-123'
 // slugifyLikeString('テスト123') => 'tesuto123'
 export const slugifyLikeString = (str?: string) => {
-	if (!str) return '';
-	str?.replace(likeStringRegex, '_');
-	const slugified = slugify(str);
-	return slugified;
+    if (!str) return '';
+    const sanitized = str.replace(likeStringRegex, '_');
+    const slugified = slugify(sanitized);
+    return slugified;
 };
 
+
 export const sanitizer = (r: object): object => r;