diff --git a/src/en/mangadistrict/build.gradle b/src/en/mangadistrict/build.gradle
index ee15ea3dc..935580855 100644
--- a/src/en/mangadistrict/build.gradle
+++ b/src/en/mangadistrict/build.gradle
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ ext {
     extClass = '.MangaDistrict'
     themePkg = 'madara'
     baseUrl = 'https://mangadistrict.com'
-    overrideVersionCode = 12
+    overrideVersionCode = 13
     isNsfw = true
 }
 
diff --git a/src/en/mangadistrict/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/en/mangadistrict/MangaDistrict.kt b/src/en/mangadistrict/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/en/mangadistrict/MangaDistrict.kt
index 99f8b8670..52b70f189 100644
--- a/src/en/mangadistrict/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/en/mangadistrict/MangaDistrict.kt
+++ b/src/en/mangadistrict/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/en/mangadistrict/MangaDistrict.kt
@@ -2,9 +2,14 @@ package eu.kanade.tachiyomi.extension.en.mangadistrict
 
 import android.annotation.SuppressLint
 import android.content.SharedPreferences
+import android.text.Editable
+import android.text.TextWatcher
+import android.widget.Button
+import android.widget.Toast
+import androidx.preference.CheckBoxPreference
+import androidx.preference.EditTextPreference
 import androidx.preference.ListPreference
 import androidx.preference.PreferenceScreen
-import androidx.preference.SwitchPreferenceCompat
 import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.multisrc.madara.Madara
 import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.network.GET
 import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.network.asObservableSuccess
@@ -84,8 +89,15 @@ class MangaDistrict :
     override fun chapterFromElement(element: Element): SChapter {
         return super.chapterFromElement(element).apply {
             val urlKey = url.urlKey()
-            preferences.dates[urlKey]?.also {
-                date_upload = it
+            val dates = preferences.dates
+            dates[urlKey]?.also {
+                if (date_upload == 0L) {
+                    // If date_upload is not set (due to NEW tag), try to get it from the page lists
+                    date_upload = it
+                } else {
+                    dates.remove(urlKey)
+                    preferences.dates = dates
+                }
             }
         }
     }
@@ -168,11 +180,18 @@ class MangaDistrict :
         }
     }
 
-    private val titleVersion = Regex("\\(.*\\)")
-
     private fun SManga.cleanTitleIfNeeded() = apply {
-        if (isRemoveTitleVersion()) {
-            title = title.replace(titleVersion, "").trim()
+        title = title.let { originalTitle ->
+            var tempTitle = originalTitle
+            customRemoveTitle().takeIf { it.isNotEmpty() }?.let { customRegex ->
+                runCatching {
+                    tempTitle = tempTitle.replace(Regex(customRegex), "")
+                }
+            }
+            if (isRemoveTitleVersion()) {
+                tempTitle = tempTitle.replace(titleRegex, "")
+            }
+            tempTitle.trim()
         }
     }
 
@@ -277,6 +296,8 @@ class MangaDistrict :
     )
 
     private fun isRemoveTitleVersion() = preferences.getBoolean(REMOVE_TITLE_VERSION_PREF, false)
+    private fun customRemoveTitle(): String =
+        preferences.getString("${REMOVE_TITLE_CUSTOM_PREF}_$lang", "")!!
     private fun getImgRes() = preferences.getString(IMG_RES_PREF, IMG_RES_DEFAULT)!!
 
     private var SharedPreferences.dates: MutableMap<String, Long>
@@ -292,7 +313,7 @@ class MangaDistrict :
         }
 
     override fun setupPreferenceScreen(screen: PreferenceScreen) {
-        SwitchPreferenceCompat(screen.context).apply {
+        CheckBoxPreference(screen.context).apply {
             key = REMOVE_TITLE_VERSION_PREF
             title = "Remove version information from entry titles"
             summary = "This removes version tags like “(Official)” or “(Doujinshi)” from entry titles " +
@@ -302,6 +323,46 @@ class MangaDistrict :
             setDefaultValue(false)
         }.let(screen::addPreference)
 
+        EditTextPreference(screen.context).apply {
+            key = "${REMOVE_TITLE_CUSTOM_PREF}_$lang"
+            title = "Custom regex to be removed from title"
+            summary = customRemoveTitle()
+            setDefaultValue("")
+
+            val validate = { str: String ->
+                runCatching { Regex(str) }
+                    .map { true to "" }
+                    .getOrElse { false to it.message }
+            }
+
+            setOnBindEditTextListener { editText ->
+                editText.addTextChangedListener(
+                    object : TextWatcher {
+                        override fun beforeTextChanged(p0: CharSequence?, p1: Int, p2: Int, p3: Int) {}
+                        override fun onTextChanged(p0: CharSequence?, p1: Int, p2: Int, p3: Int) {}
+
+                        override fun afterTextChanged(editable: Editable?) {
+                            editable ?: return
+                            val text = editable.toString()
+                            val valid = validate(text)
+                            editText.error = if (!valid.first) valid.second else null
+                            editText.rootView.findViewById<Button>(android.R.id.button1)?.isEnabled = editText.error == null
+                        }
+                    },
+                )
+            }
+
+            setOnPreferenceChangeListener { _, newValue ->
+                val (isValid, message) = validate(newValue as String)
+                if (isValid) {
+                    summary = newValue
+                } else {
+                    Toast.makeText(screen.context, message, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show()
+                }
+                isValid
+            }
+        }.let(screen::addPreference)
+
         ListPreference(screen.context).apply {
             key = IMG_RES_PREF
             title = "Image quality"
@@ -320,7 +381,11 @@ class MangaDistrict :
     }
 
     companion object {
+        private val titleRegex: Regex =
+            Regex("\\([^()]*\\)|\\{[^{}]*\\}|\\[(?:(?!]).)*]|«[^»]*»|〘[^〙]*〙|「[^」]*」|『[^』]*』|≪[^≫]*≫|﹛[^﹜]*﹜|〖[^〖〗]*〗|\uD81A\uDD0D.+?\uD81A\uDD0D|《[^》]*》|⌜.+?⌝|⟨[^⟩]*⟩|/Official|/ Official", RegexOption.IGNORE_CASE)
+
         private const val REMOVE_TITLE_VERSION_PREF = "REMOVE_TITLE_VERSION"
+        private const val REMOVE_TITLE_CUSTOM_PREF = "REMOVE_TITLE_CUSTOM"
         private const val TAG_LIST_PREF = "TAG_LIST"
 
         private const val IMG_RES_PREF = "IMG_RES"