diff --git a/app/controllers/districts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/districts_controller.rb
index ff772074..aacc239a 100644
--- a/app/controllers/districts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/districts_controller.rb
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class DistrictsController < ApplicationController
   private
     # Use callbacks to share common setup or constraints between actions.
     def set_district
-      @district = District.find(params[:id])
+      @district = District.find_by_slug(params[:id])
     end
 
     # Never trust parameters from the scary internet, only allow the white list through.
diff --git a/app/models/district.rb b/app/models/district.rb
index bf80d381..9f5b063d 100644
--- a/app/models/district.rb
+++ b/app/models/district.rb
@@ -5,4 +5,12 @@ class District < ApplicationRecord
 
   scope :alphabetic, -> { order(name: :asc) }
 
+  include FriendlyId
+
+  friendly_id :name, use: [:slugged]
+
+  before_save do
+    self.slug ||= name.parameterize
+  end
+
 end
diff --git a/app/presenters/construct_graph_row_presenter.rb b/app/presenters/construct_graph_row_presenter.rb
index c463617d..187acb6c 100644
--- a/app/presenters/construct_graph_row_presenter.rb
+++ b/app/presenters/construct_graph_row_presenter.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 class ConstructGraphRowPresenter
-
   def initialize(construct:, score:)
     @construct = construct
     @score = score
diff --git a/app/views/dashboard/index.html.erb b/app/views/dashboard/index.html.erb
index ecb8c708..e59ba1ab 100644
--- a/app/views/dashboard/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/dashboard/index.html.erb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   </select>
 
   <select name="district">
-    <option value="<%= @district.name %>" selected><%= @district.name %></option>
+    <option value="<%= @district.slug %>" selected><%= @district.name %></option>
   </select>
 
   <select name="school">
diff --git a/config/initializers/friendly_id.rb b/config/initializers/friendly_id.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f064f1e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/friendly_id.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+# FriendlyId Global Configuration
+#
+# Use this to set up shared configuration options for your entire application.
+# Any of the configuration options shown here can also be applied to single
+# models by passing arguments to the `friendly_id` class method or defining
+# methods in your model.
+#
+# To learn more, check out the guide:
+#
+# http://norman.github.io/friendly_id/file.Guide.html
+
+FriendlyId.defaults do |config|
+  # ## Reserved Words
+  #
+  # Some words could conflict with Rails's routes when used as slugs, or are
+  # undesirable to allow as slugs. Edit this list as needed for your app.
+  config.use :reserved
+
+  config.reserved_words = %w(new edit index session login logout users admin
+    stylesheets assets javascripts images)
+
+  #  ## Friendly Finders
+  #
+  # Uncomment this to use friendly finders in all models. By default, if
+  # you wish to find a record by its friendly id, you must do:
+  #
+  #    MyModel.friendly.find('foo')
+  #
+  # If you uncomment this, you can do:
+  #
+  #    MyModel.find('foo')
+  #
+  # This is significantly more convenient but may not be appropriate for
+  # all applications, so you must explicity opt-in to this behavior. You can
+  # always also configure it on a per-model basis if you prefer.
+  #
+  # Something else to consider is that using the :finders addon boosts
+  # performance because it will avoid Rails-internal code that makes runtime
+  # calls to `Module.extend`.
+  #
+  # config.use :finders
+  #
+  # ## Slugs
+  #
+  # Most applications will use the :slugged module everywhere. If you wish
+  # to do so, uncomment the following line.
+  #
+  # config.use :slugged
+  #
+  # By default, FriendlyId's :slugged addon expects the slug column to be named
+  # 'slug', but you can change it if you wish.
+  #
+  # config.slug_column = 'slug'
+  #
+  # When FriendlyId can not generate a unique ID from your base method, it appends
+  # a UUID, separated by a single dash. You can configure the character used as the
+  # separator. If you're upgrading from FriendlyId 4, you may wish to replace this
+  # with two dashes.
+  #
+  # config.sequence_separator = '-'
+  #
+  #  ## Tips and Tricks
+  #
+  #  ### Controlling when slugs are generated
+  #
+  # As of FriendlyId 5.0, new slugs are generated only when the slug field is
+  # nil, but if you're using a column as your base method can change this
+  # behavior by overriding the `should_generate_new_friendly_id` method that
+  # FriendlyId adds to your model. The change below makes FriendlyId 5.0 behave
+  # more like 4.0.
+  #
+  # config.use Module.new {
+  #   def should_generate_new_friendly_id?
+  #     slug.blank? || <your_column_name_here>_changed?
+  #   end
+  # }
+  #
+  # FriendlyId uses Rails's `parameterize` method to generate slugs, but for
+  # languages that don't use the Roman alphabet, that's not usually sufficient.
+  # Here we use the Babosa library to transliterate Russian Cyrillic slugs to
+  # ASCII. If you use this, don't forget to add "babosa" to your Gemfile.
+  #
+  # config.use Module.new {
+  #   def normalize_friendly_id(text)
+  #     text.to_slug.normalize! :transliterations => [:russian, :latin]
+  #   end
+  # }
+end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20210917074250_add_slug_to_district.rb b/db/migrate/20210917074250_add_slug_to_district.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..db0923a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20210917074250_add_slug_to_district.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+class AddSlugToDistrict < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.0]
+  def up
+    add_column :districts, :slug, :string
+    add_index :districts, :slug, unique: true
+    District.all.each {|district|  district.update(slug: district.slug ||= district.name.parameterize) }
+  end
+
+  def down
+    remove_column :districts, :slug
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 290e8a18..496195b6 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20210916143538) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20210917074250) do
 
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20210916143538) do
     t.integer  "state_id"
     t.datetime "created_at", null: false
     t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
+    t.string   "slug"
+    t.index ["slug"], name: "index_districts_on_slug", unique: true, using: :btree
   end
 
   create_table "question_lists", force: :cascade do |t|
diff --git a/spec/controllers/districts_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/districts_controller_spec.rb
index 2a53ac6a..f3634ce1 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/districts_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/districts_controller_spec.rb
@@ -1,23 +1,5 @@
 require 'rails_helper'
 
-# This spec was generated by rspec-rails when you ran the scaffold generator.
-# It demonstrates how one might use RSpec to specify the controller code that
-# was generated by Rails when you ran the scaffold generator.
-#
-# It assumes that the implementation code is generated by the rails scaffold
-# generator.  If you are using any extension libraries to generate different
-# controller code, this generated spec may or may not pass.
-#
-# It only uses APIs available in rails and/or rspec-rails.  There are a number
-# of tools you can use to make these specs even more expressive, but we're
-# sticking to rails and rspec-rails APIs to keep things simple and stable.
-#
-# Compared to earlier versions of this generator, there is very limited use of
-# stubs and message expectations in this spec.  Stubs are only used when there
-# is no simpler way to get a handle on the object needed for the example.
-# Message expectations are only used when there is no simpler way to specify
-# that an instance is receiving a specific message.
-
 RSpec.describe DistrictsController, type: :controller do
 
   # This should return the minimal set of attributes required to create a valid
diff --git a/spec/models/district_spec.rb b/spec/models/district_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fe6e5b49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/models/district_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe District, type: :model do
+  let(:district1) { District.create(name: 'District one', state_id: 32) }
+  let(:district2) { District.new(name: 'District two', state_id: 32) }
+
+  context "when saving or creating" do
+    it 'should return a slug' do
+      expect(district1.slug).to eq 'district-one'
+
+      district2.save
+      expect(district2.slug).to eq 'district-two'
+
+      first_district = District.find_by_slug('district-one')
+      expect(first_district.slug).to eq 'district-one'
+    end
+  end
+end
+