diff --git a/cloudapp/src/app/wadegiles.service.ts b/cloudapp/src/app/wadegiles.service.ts
index 8f0ced5..a052c2b 100644
--- a/cloudapp/src/app/wadegiles.service.ts
+++ b/cloudapp/src/app/wadegiles.service.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export class WadegilesService {
   }  
 
   WGLookup(wgstr: string) : string {
-    wgstr = wgstr.replace(/[\p{Pf}\p{Pi}\u02BB]/gu, "'");
+    wgstr = wgstr.replace(new RegExp("[\p{Pf}\p{Pi}\u02BB]","gu"), "'");
     wgstr = wgstr.replace(/ü/g,"ü");
     let startpunct = ""
     let endpunct = ""
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export class WadegilesService {
 
   WGtoPY(wgstr: string) : string {
     wgstr = wgstr.toLowerCase();
-    let wgs: string[] = wgstr.split(/([^\s\p{Pd}\p{Pc}\p{Ps}\p{Pe}]+)/u);
+    let wgs: string[] = wgstr.split(new RegExp("([^\s\p{Pd}\p{Pc}\p{Ps}\p{Pe}]+)","u"));
     for (let i = 0; i < wgs.length; i++) {
       if (wgs[i].match(/[a-z]/)) {      
         let lookup = this.WGLookup(wgs[i]);
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index ce23784..654006e 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -3594,6 +3594,15 @@
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       }
     },
+    "node_modules/bindings": {
+      "version": "1.5.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/bindings/-/bindings-1.5.0.tgz",
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+      "optional": true,
+      "dependencies": {
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+      }
+    },
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@@ -6425,6 +6434,12 @@
         "url": "https://opencollective.com/webpack"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/file-uri-to-path": {
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/file-uri-to-path/-/file-uri-to-path-1.0.0.tgz",
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+      "optional": true
+    },
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+    "node_modules/nan": {
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nan/-/nan-2.22.0.tgz",
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+    },
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+    "bindings": {
+      "version": "1.5.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/bindings/-/bindings-1.5.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-p2q/t/mhvuOj/UeLlV6566GD/guowlr0hHxClI0W9m7MWYkL1F0hLo+0Aexs9HSPCtR1SXQ0TD3MMKrXZajbiQ==",
+      "optional": true,
+      "requires": {
+        "file-uri-to-path": "1.0.0"
+      }
+    },
     "bl": {
       "version": "4.1.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/bl/-/bl-4.1.0.tgz",
@@ -20552,6 +20582,12 @@
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       }
     },
+    "file-uri-to-path": {
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/file-uri-to-path/-/file-uri-to-path-1.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-0Zt+s3L7Vf1biwWZ29aARiVYLx7iMGnEUl9x33fbB/j3jR81u/O2LbqK+Bm1CDSNDKVtJ/YjwY7TUd5SkeLQLw==",
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+    "nan": {
+      "version": "2.22.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nan/-/nan-2.22.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-nbajikzWTMwsW+eSsNm3QwlOs7het9gGJU5dDZzRTQGk03vyBOauxgI4VakDzE0PtsGTmXPsXTbbjVhRwR5mpw==",
+      "optional": true
+    },
     "nanoid": {
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nanoid/-/nanoid-3.3.4.tgz",