diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 219a47a..7f649cb 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ require 'rubygems'
 require 'rake'
 require 'echoe'
 
-Echoe.new('slugtastic', '0.1.1') do |p|
+Echoe.new('slugtastic', '0.1.2') do |p|
   p.description    = "A simple slug string generator for ActiveRecord. Will populate a slug attribute from another attribute."
   p.url            = "http://github.com/danbee/slugtastic"
   p.author         = "Dan Barber"
diff --git a/lib/slugtastic.rb b/lib/slugtastic.rb
index e41546d..39245b7 100644
--- a/lib/slugtastic.rb
+++ b/lib/slugtastic.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ module Slugtastic
   end
   
   def generate_slug(string)
-    string.downcase.gsub(/ /, '_').gsub(/[^a-z0-9\-_]/, '')
+    string.downcase.gsub(/ /, '_').gsub(/[^a-z0-9\-_]/, '') unless string.nil?
   end
 
   module ClassMethods
diff --git a/slugtastic.gemspec b/slugtastic.gemspec
index 3a30644..7b7b338 100644
--- a/slugtastic.gemspec
+++ b/slugtastic.gemspec
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = %q{slugtastic}
-  s.version = "0.1.1"
+  s.version = "0.1.2"
 
   s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 1.2") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
   s.authors = [%q{Dan Barber}]
-  s.date = %q{2011-10-04}
+  s.date = %q{2011-10-08}
   s.description = %q{A simple slug string generator for ActiveRecord. Will populate a slug attribute from another attribute.}
   s.email = %q{danbee@gmail.com}
   s.extra_rdoc_files = [%q{README.md}, %q{lib/slugtastic.rb}]
-  s.files = [%q{README.md}, %q{Rakefile}, %q{lib/slugtastic.rb}, %q{Manifest}, %q{slugtastic.gemspec}]
+  s.files = [%q{Manifest}, %q{README.md}, %q{Rakefile}, %q{lib/slugtastic.rb}, %q{slugtastic.gemspec}]
   s.homepage = %q{http://github.com/danbee/slugtastic}
   s.rdoc_options = [%q{--line-numbers}, %q{--inline-source}, %q{--title}, %q{Slugtastic}, %q{--main}, %q{README.md}]
   s.require_paths = [%q{lib}]