2 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/routes.js b/routes.js
index ec333ec..8e7a21a 100644
--- a/routes.js
+++ b/routes.js
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ async function createRoute(res, url, slug) {
     try {
         if (!utils.isUrlFormatted(url))
             return utils.sendBadRequestError(res, 'URL "'+url+'" is malformatted. Must be a valid URL.', 'Malformed URL');
-        if (!utils.isAlphaNumeric(slug))
-            return utils.sendBadRequestError(res, 'Slug "'+slug+'" is malformatted. Must be alphanumeric.', 'Malformed Short URL');
+        if (!utils.isSlugFormatted(slug))
+            return utils.sendBadRequestError(res, 'Slug "'+slug+'" is malformatted. Must be 2+ letters or numbers with optional dashes in the middle.', 'Malformed Short URL');
 
         slug = slug.toLowerCase();
         if (await Url.exists({slug: slug}))
diff --git a/utils.js b/utils.js
index 1fc17c6..379c65e 100644
--- a/utils.js
+++ b/utils.js
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ const helperFunctions = {
     sendSuccessfulSlugCreation : function (res, slug) {
         res.status(201).json({status: "SUCCESS", statusCode: 201, data: {shortUrl: config.BASE+slug}});
     },
-    isAlphaNumeric : function (str) {
-        return str.match(/^[a-zA-Z0-9]+$/) !== null;
+    isSlugFormatted : function (str) {
+        return str.match(/^[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9\-]*[a-zA-Z0-9]$/) !== null;
     },
     isUrlFormatted : function (str) {
         try {