diff --git a/lib/src/slugify.dart b/lib/src/slugify.dart
index 4a631cd..eaa5b17 100644
--- a/lib/src/slugify.dart
+++ b/lib/src/slugify.dart
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import 'replacements.dart';
 
-final _dupeSpaceRegExp = RegExp(r'\s{2,}');
+final _dupeSpaceRegExp = RegExp(r'[-\s]+');
 final _punctuationRegExp = RegExp(r'[^\w\s-]');
 
 /// Converts [text] to a slug [String] separated by the [delimiter].
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ String slugify(String text, {String delimiter = '-', bool lowercase = true}) {
   replacements.forEach((k, v) => slug = slug.replaceAll(k, v));
 
   slug = slug
-      // Condense whitespaces to 1 space.
-      .replaceAll(_dupeSpaceRegExp, ' ')
       // Remove punctuation.
       .replaceAll(_punctuationRegExp, '')
+      // Condense whitespaces to 1 space.
+      .replaceAll(_dupeSpaceRegExp, ' ')
       // Replace space with the delimiter.
       .replaceAll(' ', delimiter);