--- loncom/interface/coursecatalog.pm	2006/10/18 14:07:47	1.10
+++ loncom/interface/coursecatalog.pm	2006/12/05 02:55:51	1.11
@@ -47,8 +47,7 @@ sub handler {
     my $lonidsdir=$r->dir_config('lonIDsDir');
     my $handle;
     if ($lonid) {
-        $handle=$lonid->value;
-        $handle=~s/\W//g;
+	my $handle=&LONCAPA::clean_handle($lonid->value);
     }
     if ((-e "$lonidsdir/$handle.id") && ($handle ne '')) {
         &Apache::lonnet::transfer_profile_to_env($lonidsdir,$handle);