diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8cabb32f..5a5518c9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "babel-regenerator-runtime": "^6.5.0",
     "fsevents": "^1.0.11",
+    "ignore-loader": "^0.1.1",
     "koa-webpack-dev-middleware": "^1.2.0",
     "koa-webpack-hot-middleware": "^1.0.3",
     "node-dev": "^3.1.0",
diff --git a/server/models/Document.js b/server/models/Document.js
index 28a17273..d0413afc 100644
--- a/server/models/Document.js
+++ b/server/models/Document.js
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ import {
 } from '../sequelize';
 import {
   convertToMarkdown,
-  truncateMarkdown,
 } from '../../src/utils/markdown';
+import {
+  truncateMarkdown,
+} from '../utils/truncate';
 import Atlas from './Atlas';
 import Team from './Team';
 import User from './User';
diff --git a/server/utils/truncate.js b/server/utils/truncate.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..352072c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/utils/truncate.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import truncate from 'truncate-html';
+import { convertToMarkdown } from '../../src/utils/markdown';
+
+truncate.defaultOptions = {
+  stripTags: false,
+  ellipsis: '...',
+  decodeEntities: false,
+  excludes: ['h1', 'pre', ],
+};
+
+const truncateMarkdown = (text, length) => {
+  const html = convertToMarkdown(text);
+  return truncate(html, length);
+};
+
+export {
+  truncateMarkdown,
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/utils/markdown.js b/src/utils/markdown.js
index c5355456..e61e587f 100644
--- a/src/utils/markdown.js
+++ b/src/utils/markdown.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import slug from 'slug';
-import truncate from 'truncate-html';
 import marked, { Renderer } from 'marked';
 import highlight from 'highlight.js';
 
@@ -34,25 +33,11 @@ marked.setOptions({
   smartypants: true,
 });
 
-// TODO: This is syncronous and can be costly,
-// should be performed outside http request
+// TODO: This is syncronous and can be costly
 const convertToMarkdown = (text) => {
   return marked(text);
 };
 
-truncate.defaultOptions = {
-  stripTags: false,
-  ellipsis: '...',
-  decodeEntities: false,
-  excludes: ['h1', 'pre', ],
-};
-
-const truncateMarkdown = (text, length) => {
-  const html = convertToMarkdown(text);
-  return truncate(html, length);
-};
-
 export {
   convertToMarkdown,
-  truncateMarkdown,
 };
diff --git a/webpack.config.js b/webpack.config.js
index 6a9d7a45..b756960d 100644
--- a/webpack.config.js
+++ b/webpack.config.js
@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@ module.exports = {
         test: /\.woff$/,
         loader: 'url-loader?limit=1&mimetype=application/font-woff&name=public/fonts/[name].[ext]'
       },
+
+      // Excludes
+      {
+        // slug
+        test: /unicode/,
+        loader: 'ignore-loader',
+      }
     ]
   },
   resolve: {