diff --git a/src/utils/MiscHelpers.js b/src/utils/MiscHelpers.js
index 092f2869..da9a683f 100644
--- a/src/utils/MiscHelpers.js
+++ b/src/utils/MiscHelpers.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export const sanitize = (string) => {
 const makeItemId = (sectionStr, itemStr, index) => {
   const charSum = sectionStr.split('').map((a) => a.charCodeAt(0)).reduce((x, y) => x + y);
   const itemTitleStr = itemStr.replace(/\s+/g, '-').replace(/[^a-zA-Z ]/g, '').toLowerCase();
-  return `${index}_${charSum}_${itemTitleStr}}`;
+  return `${index}_${charSum}_${itemTitleStr}`;
 };
 
 /* Given an array of sections, apply a unique ID to each item, and return modified array */