diff --git a/wareztb.go b/wareztb.go
index 224ceb4..1fcae53 100644
--- a/wareztb.go
+++ b/wareztb.go
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ func GetComparableWarezString(s string) (string, error) {
 		return "", err
 	}
 
-	return utils.RemoveDoubledStrings(
-		strings.ToLower(
-			fmt.Sprintf("%s.%d", title, year),
-		),
-		".",
-	), nil
+	result := fmt.Sprintf("%s.%d", title, year)
+	result = strings.ToLower(result)
+	result = utils.RemoveDoubledStrings(result, ".")
+	result = utils.RemoveLeadingStrings(result, ".")
+
+	return result, nil
 }
 
 // GetTitleAndYearFromWarezString tries to get the title and year from a string in a warez context
diff --git a/wareztb_test.go b/wareztb_test.go
index 68d6f45..fef63ef 100644
--- a/wareztb_test.go
+++ b/wareztb_test.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ func TestGetComparableWarezString(t *testing.T) {
 		"Little Britain (2003)":                                                         "little.britain.2003",
 		"Sons of Anarchy (2008)":                                                        "sons.of.anarchy.2008",
 		"Love, Death & Robots (2019)":                                                   "love.death.robots.2019",
+		"...Jahr 2022... die überleben wollen... (1973)":                                "jahr.2022.die.ueberleben.wollen.1973",
 	}
 
 	for d, expectedResult := range data {