diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index e83972b3d..e9ca08c28 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -3263,6 +3263,12 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-a+EPoD+uZiNfh+5fxw2nO9QwFa6nJe2Or35fGY6Ipw1R3R4AGz1d1TEZrCegvw2YTmZ0jXirGYlzxxpYSHwpEg==",
       "dev": true
     },
+    "css.escape": {
+      "version": "1.5.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/css.escape/-/css.escape-1.5.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-QuJ9T6BK4y+TGktNQZH6nN3ul8s=",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "cssesc": {
       "version": "2.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cssesc/-/cssesc-2.0.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 23812d266..0e13bc351 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
     "conventional-changelog-cli": "^2.0.25",
     "copy-dir": "^1.2.0",
     "cross-env": "^6.0.3",
+    "css.escape": "^1.5.1",
     "cssnano": "^4.1.10",
     "cypress": "^3.8.1",
     "cypress-image-snapshot": "^3.1.1",
diff --git a/src/core/event/scroll.js b/src/core/event/scroll.js
index e1f80b77b..6c6578f2a 100644
--- a/src/core/event/scroll.js
+++ b/src/core/event/scroll.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { isMobile } from '../util/env'
 import * as dom from '../util/dom'
 import Tweezer from 'tweezer.js'
+import cssEscape from 'css.escape'
 
 const nav = {}
 let hoverOver = false
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ export function scrollIntoView(path, id) {
     return
   }
 
-  const section = dom.find('#' + id)
+  const section = dom.find('#' + cssEscape(id))
   section && scrollTo(section)
 
   const li = nav[getNavKey(path, id)]
diff --git a/src/core/render/slugify.js b/src/core/render/slugify.js
index 719e49443..948c81a8f 100644
--- a/src/core/render/slugify.js
+++ b/src/core/render/slugify.js
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ export function slugify(str) {
     .replace(re, '')
     .replace(/\s/g, '-')
     .replace(/-+/g, '-')
-    .replace(/^(\d)/, '_$1')
   let count = cache[slug]
 
   count = hasOwn.call(cache, slug) ? count + 1 : 0