diff --git a/craft/src/state/PageContext.slug.test.tsx b/craft/src/state/PageContext.slug.test.tsx
index 03469ae..5f807b8 100644
--- a/craft/src/state/PageContext.slug.test.tsx
+++ b/craft/src/state/PageContext.slug.test.tsx
@@ -121,6 +121,38 @@ describe('PageProvider slug dedupe', () => {
     unmount();
   });
 
+  test('M-4: a punctuation-only page name ("!!!") falls back to slug "page", never empty string', () => {
+    let ctx: ReturnType<typeof usePages> | null = null;
+    const Consumer: React.FC = () => {
+      ctx = usePages();
+      return null;
+    };
+
+    render(
+      <PageProvider>
+        <Consumer />
+      </PageProvider>,
+    );
+
+    act(() => {
+      ctx!.addPage('!!!', '');
+    });
+
+    const added = ctx!.pages.find((p) => p.name === '!!!')!;
+    expect(added.slug).toBe('page');
+    expect(added.slug).not.toBe('');
+
+    // A second punctuation-only-named page dedupes to 'page-2', not ''.
+    act(() => {
+      ctx!.addPage('???', '');
+    });
+    const second = ctx!.pages.find((p) => p.name === '???')!;
+    expect(second.slug).toBe('page-2');
+    expect(second.slug).not.toBe('');
+
+    unmount();
+  });
+
   test('landing page slug always stays "index" even if renamed to collide', () => {
     let ctx: ReturnType<typeof usePages> | null = null;
     const Consumer: React.FC = () => {
diff --git a/craft/src/state/PageContext.tsx b/craft/src/state/PageContext.tsx
index 12474e5..0edbc6a 100644
--- a/craft/src/state/PageContext.tsx
+++ b/craft/src/state/PageContext.tsx
@@ -181,12 +181,17 @@ const PageContext = createContext<PageContextValue>({
 export const usePages = () => useContext(PageContext);
 
 function slugify(name: string): string {
-  return name
+  const slug = name
     .toLowerCase()
     .trim()
     .replace(/[^a-z0-9\s-]/g, '')
     .replace(/\s+/g, '-')
     .replace(/-+/g, '-');
+  // M-4: a punctuation-only name (e.g. "!!!") strips down to '' -- without a
+  // fallback, buildSavePayload would write filename = '' + '.html' for that
+  // page. uniqueSlug's existing dedupe logic then applies on top of this
+  // fallback the same way it does for any other base ('page', 'page-2', ...).
+  return slug || 'page';
 }
 
 /**