diff --git a/API/RequestHandler.cs b/API/RequestHandler.cs
index 9c4970e..f23c8fa 100644
--- a/API/RequestHandler.cs
+++ b/API/RequestHandler.cs
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ public class RequestHandler
                     _taskManager.GetAvailableConnectors().FirstOrDefault(con => con.Key == connectorName1).Value;
                 if (connector1 is null)
                     return;
-                Publication? publication1 = _taskManager.GetAllPublications().FirstOrDefault(pub => pub.internalId == internalId1);
+                Publication? publication1 = _taskManager.GetAllPublications().FirstOrDefault(pub => string.Concat(TrangaSettings.CleanIdRex.Matches(pub.internalId)) == string.Concat(TrangaSettings.CleanIdRex.Matches(internalId1)));
                 if (publication1 is null)
                     return;
                 _taskManager.AddTask(new MonitorPublicationTask(connectorName1, (Publication)publication1, TimeSpan.Parse(reoccurrenceTime1), language1 ?? "en"));
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ public class RequestHandler
                     _taskManager.GetAvailableConnectors().FirstOrDefault(con => con.Key == connectorName2).Value;
                 if (connector2 is null)
                     return;
-                Publication? publication2 = _taskManager.GetAllPublications().FirstOrDefault(pub => pub.internalId == internalId2);
+                Publication? publication2 = _taskManager.GetAllPublications().FirstOrDefault(pub => string.Concat(TrangaSettings.CleanIdRex.Matches(pub.internalId)) == string.Concat(TrangaSettings.CleanIdRex.Matches(internalId2)));
                 if (publication2 is null)
                     return;
     
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ public class RequestHandler
                 variables.TryGetValue("internalId", out string? internalId1);
                 if(internalId1 is null)
                     return _taskManager.GetAllPublications();
-                return new [] { _taskManager.GetAllPublications().FirstOrDefault(pub => pub.internalId == internalId1) };
+                return new [] { _taskManager.GetAllPublications().FirstOrDefault(pub => string.Concat(TrangaSettings.CleanIdRex.Matches(pub.internalId)) == string.Concat(TrangaSettings.CleanIdRex.Matches(internalId1))) };
             case "/Publications/FromConnector":
                 variables.TryGetValue("connectorName", out string? connectorName1);
                 variables.TryGetValue("title", out string? title);
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ public class RequestHandler
                 Connector? connector2 = _taskManager.GetAvailableConnectors().FirstOrDefault(con => con.Key == connectorName2).Value;
                 if (connector2 is null)
                     return null;
-                Publication? publication = _taskManager.GetAllPublications().FirstOrDefault(pub => pub.internalId == internalId2);
+                Publication? publication = _taskManager.GetAllPublications().FirstOrDefault(pub => string.Concat(TrangaSettings.CleanIdRex.Matches(pub.internalId)) == string.Concat(TrangaSettings.CleanIdRex.Matches(internalId2)));
                 if (publication is null)
                     return null;
         
diff --git a/Tranga/TaskManager.cs b/Tranga/TaskManager.cs
index 75abdaa..ee3bd5d 100644
--- a/Tranga/TaskManager.cs
+++ b/Tranga/TaskManager.cs
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ public class TaskManager
                 {
                     return _allTasks.Where(mTask =>
                         mTask is MonitorPublicationTask mpt && mpt.connectorName == connectorName &&
-                        string.Concat(settings.CleanIdRex.Matches(mpt.publication.internalId)) == string.Concat(settings.CleanIdRex.Matches(internalId)));
+                        string.Concat(TrangaSettings.CleanIdRex.Matches(mpt.publication.internalId)) == string.Concat(TrangaSettings.CleanIdRex.Matches(internalId)));
                 }
                 else
                     return _allTasks.Where(tTask =>
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ public class TaskManager
                 {
                     return _allTasks.Where(mTask =>
                         mTask is DownloadChapterTask dct && dct.connectorName == connectorName &&
-                        string.Concat(settings.CleanIdRex.Matches(dct.publication.internalId)) == string.Concat(settings.CleanIdRex.Matches(internalId)) &&
+                        string.Concat(TrangaSettings.CleanIdRex.Matches(dct.publication.internalId)) == string.Concat(TrangaSettings.CleanIdRex.Matches(internalId)) &&
                         dct.chapter.sortNumber == chapterSortNumber);
                 }
                 else
diff --git a/Tranga/TrangaSettings.cs b/Tranga/TrangaSettings.cs
index 2ffe654..a9eae51 100644
--- a/Tranga/TrangaSettings.cs
+++ b/Tranga/TrangaSettings.cs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ public class TrangaSettings
     [JsonIgnore] public string coverImageCache => Path.Join(workingDirectory, "imageCache");
     public HashSet<LibraryManager> libraryManagers { get; }
     public HashSet<NotificationManager> notificationManagers { get; }
-    [JsonIgnore]internal Regex CleanIdRex = new (@"[a-zA-Z0-9]*-*_*");
+    [JsonIgnore] public static Regex CleanIdRex = new (@"([a-zA-Z0-9]*-*_*)*");
 
     public TrangaSettings(string downloadLocation, string workingDirectory, HashSet<LibraryManager>? libraryManagers,
         HashSet<NotificationManager>? notificationManagers)