diff --git a/frappe/website/utils.py b/frappe/website/utils.py
index 3aa4930c30..e392e9d0f6 100644
--- a/frappe/website/utils.py
+++ b/frappe/website/utils.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def is_signup_enabled():
 def cleanup_page_name(title):
 	"""make page name from title"""
 	if not title:
-		return title
+		return ''
 
 	name = title.lower()
 	name = re.sub('[~!@#$%^&*+()<>,."\'\?]', '', name)