diff --git a/app/utils/hashing.py b/app/utils/hashing.py
index b501a4ee..16fd8ed5 100644
--- a/app/utils/hashing.py
+++ b/app/utils/hashing.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import hashlib
-import re
 
 from unidecode import unidecode
 
@@ -8,26 +7,21 @@ def create_hash(*args: str, decode=False, limit=10) -> str:
     """
     Creates a simple hash for an album
     """
-    str_ = "".join(args)
+
+    def remove_non_alnum(token: str) -> str:
+        token = token.lower().strip().replace(" ", "")
+        t = "".join(t for t in token if t.isalnum())
+
+        if t == "":
+            return token
+
+        return t
+
+    str_ = "".join(remove_non_alnum(t) for t in args)
 
     if decode:
         str_ = unidecode(str_)
 
-    str_ = str_.lower().strip().replace(" ", "")
-    str_ = "".join(t for t in str_ if t.isalnum())
-    str_ = re.sub(r"[^a-zA-Z0-9\s]", "", str_)
     str_ = str_.encode("utf-8")
     str_ = hashlib.sha256(str_).hexdigest()
     return str_[-limit:]
-
-
-def create_folder_hash(*args: str, limit=10) -> str:
-    """
-    Creates a simple hash for an album
-    """
-    strings = [s.lower().strip().replace(" ", "") for s in args]
-
-    strings = ["".join([t for t in s if t.isalnum()]) for s in strings]
-    strings = [s.encode("utf-8") for s in strings]
-    strings = [hashlib.sha256(s).hexdigest()[-limit:] for s in strings]
-    return "".join(strings)
diff --git a/manage.py b/manage.py
index 6899c789..cb4cd280 100644
--- a/manage.py
+++ b/manage.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def start_watchdog():
     WatchDog().run()
 
 
-if __name__ == "__main__":
+def run_swingmusic():
     HandleArgs()
     log_startup_info()
     bg_run_setup()
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         f"swingmusic - {FLASKVARS.FLASK_HOST}:{FLASKVARS.FLASK_PORT}"
     )
 
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    run_swingmusic()
     app.run(
         debug=False,
         threaded=True,