diff --git a/test/fixtures/readme-with-special-characters.md b/test/fixtures/readme-with-special-characters.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19c7f1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/readme-with-special-characters.md
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+## Title with backslash `\`
+test
+
+## 4 § Toimielimet
+Special char
+
+## Урок 8. Кроссплатформенность и виртуализация
+text
+
+## Interface: SOME\_NAME<\>
+method
+
+## Version 1.10.5
+bugs
+
+## Version 1.10.6
+features
+
+## `TEXT 1` 
+
+- item 1
+ 
+## `TEXT 2 ...`
+ 
+TEXT 2.1 ...
+
+## MikroTik hAP ac²
+
+The [hAP ac²](https://mikrotik.com/product/hap_ac2) is
+
+## acclk dac %d:[0,acclk_dac_max):dac
+description
+
+## Övningsuppgifter
+swedish
+
+## Sections
+This readme causes an error `<p>` text  `<h1>` more text (`</p>`)
+
+## Тест
+cyrillic
+
+## There's an error here
+bad
+
+## Replace .gitlab-ci.yml
+file name
+
+## `this identifier`
+text
+
+## Header & noise
+ampersand
+
+## CJK。
+CJK Symbols
+
+## ¡¢£¤¥¦§¨©ª«¬®¯°±²³´µ¶·¸¹º»¼½¾¿Latin 1
+Latin 1
+
+## Instance properties inherited from [`EventEmitter`](http://nodejs.org/api/events.html)
+Text
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/transform-weird-headers.js b/test/transform-weird-headers.js
index 5154429..28f8563 100644
--- a/test/transform-weird-headers.js
+++ b/test/transform-weird-headers.js
@@ -80,3 +80,38 @@ test('\nformatted headers', function (t) {
 
   t.end()
 })
+
+test('\nrandom md characters', function (t) {
+  var content = require('fs').readFileSync(__dirname + '/fixtures/readme-with-special-characters.md', 'utf8');
+  var headers = transform(content);
+
+  t.deepEqual(
+      headers.toc.split('\n')
+    , [ '**Table of Contents**  *generated with [DocToc](https://github.com/thlorenz/doctoc)*',
+        '',
+        '- [Title with backslash `\\`](#title-with-backslash-)',
+        '- [4 § Toimielimet](#4-%C2%A7-toimielimet)',
+        '- [Урок 8. Кроссплатформенность и виртуализация](#%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BA-8-%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C-%D0%B8-%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F)',
+        '- [Interface: SOME\\_NAME<\\>](#interface-some_name)',
+        '- [Version 1.10.5](#version-1105)',
+        '- [Version 1.10.6](#version-1106)',
+        '- [`TEXT 1`](#text-1)',
+        '- [`TEXT 2 ...`](#text-2-)',
+        '- [MikroTik hAP ac²](#mikrotik-hap-ac)',
+        '- [acclk dac %d:[0,acclk_dac_max):dac](#acclk-dac-d0acclk_dac_maxdac)',
+        '- [Övningsuppgifter](#%C3%B6vningsuppgifter)',
+        '- [Sections](#sections)',
+        '- [Тест](#%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82)',
+        '- [There\'s an error here](#theres-an-error-here)',
+        '- [Replace .gitlab-ci.yml](#replace-gitlab-ciyml)',
+        '- [`this identifier`](#this-identifier)',
+        '- [Header & noise](#header--noise)',
+        '- [CJK。](#cjk)',
+        '- [¡¢£¤¥¦§¨©ª«¬®¯°±²³´µ¶·¸¹º»¼½¾¿Latin 1](#%C2%AA%C2%B5%C2%BAlatin-1)',
+        '- [Instance properties inherited from `EventEmitter`](#instance-properties-inherited-from-eventemitter)',
+        '' ]
+    , 'generates a correct toc when readme has nameless table headers'
+  )
+
+  t.end()
+})
diff --git a/test/transform.js b/test/transform.js
index 3d8dfa6..658ce75 100644
--- a/test/transform.js
+++ b/test/transform.js
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ check(
     , 'some main usage here'
     ].join('\r\n')
   , [ '**Table of Contents**  *generated with [DocToc](https://github.com/thlorenz/doctoc)*\n\n'
-    , '- [My Module using \\r\\n line endings](#my-module-using-%5Cr%5Cn-line-endings)\n'
+    , '- [My Module using \\r\\n line endings](#my-module-using-rn-line-endings)\n'
     ,   '  - [API](#api)\n'
     ,     '    - [Method One](#method-one)\n'
     ,     '    - [Method Two](#method-two)\n'