diff --git a/libindic/normalizer/rules/normalizer.ml.yaml b/libindic/normalizer/rules/normalizer.ml.yaml
index 84bb1ce..c85c8d1 100755
--- a/libindic/normalizer/rules/normalizer.ml.yaml
+++ b/libindic/normalizer/rules/normalizer.ml.yaml
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ common_mistakes: # For common mistakes
   '([^\s]+)‌$': '\1'  # Remove ZWNJ at the end of the string
   '(ൺ|ൻ|ർ|ൽ|ൾ|ൿ|ൔ|ൕ|ൖ)‌': '\1'  # Remove ZWNJ after any of the chillu characters
   '\u200D': ''  # Remove all ZWJ characters
-  'ര്(?!$)(?!യ)(?![\s{PUNCTUATION}])': 'ർ'  # Replace ര് with ർ when not at word end, string end and not followed by യ
-  'റ്(?!$)(?!റ)(?![\s{PUNCTUATION}])': 'ർ'  # Replace ര് with ർ when not at word end, string end and not followed by യ
-  'ള്(?!$)(?!ള)(?![\s{PUNCTUATION}])': 'ൾ'  # Replace ള് with ൾ when not at word end, string end and not followed by ള
+  'ര്(?![\s{PUNCTUATION}]|യ|$)': 'ർ'  # Replace ര് with ർ when not at word end, string end and not followed by യ
+  'റ്(?![\s{PUNCTUATION}\u200c]|യ|വ|ല|ര|റ|$)': 'ർ'  # Replace റ് with ർ when not at word end, string end and not followed by റ, ര, വ, ല, യ
+  'ള്(?![\s{PUNCTUATION}]|ള|$)': 'ൾ'  # Replace ള് with ൾ when not at word end, string end and not followed by ള
   'ദു:ഖ': 'ദുഃഖ'  # Common Mistake
   'നമ:': 'നമഃ'  # Remove all ZWJ characters
   'ററ': 'റ്റ' # To correct പൂമ്പാററ. Fails for കണ്ടംപററി
diff --git a/libindic/normalizer/tests/test_normalizer.py b/libindic/normalizer/tests/test_normalizer.py
index b11eff9..5cafdc5 100644
--- a/libindic/normalizer/tests/test_normalizer.py
+++ b/libindic/normalizer/tests/test_normalizer.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
 from testtools import TestCase
 
 from .. import Normalizer
@@ -46,6 +45,9 @@ def test_normalize(self):
         self.assertEqual(normalize('അവൻ‌'), 'അവൻ')
         self.assertEqual(normalize('കൺ‌മണി'), 'കൺമണി')
         self.assertEqual(normalize('ഹാർഡ്‌വെയർ‌'), 'ഹാർഡ്‌വെയർ')
+        self.assertEqual(normalize('സോഫ്റ്റ്‍വെയർ'), 'സോഫ്റ്റ്വെയർ') #soft_ware written with an zwj, before ware gets removed.
+        self.assertEqual(normalize('ആറ്റ്‌ലി'), 'ആറ്റ്‌ലി')
+        self.assertEqual(normalize('ഇൻസ്റ്റിറ്റ്യൂട്ട്'), 'ഇൻസ്റ്റിറ്റ്യൂട്ട്')
         self.assertEqual(normalize('കാല്‍‍പനികം'), 'കാൽപനികം')
         self.assertEqual(normalize('അവര്ക്ക്'), 'അവർക്ക്')
         self.assertEqual(normalize('അവര്'), 'അവര്')
@@ -57,6 +59,7 @@ def test_normalize(self):
         self.assertEqual(normalize('കാറ്'), 'കാറ്')
         self.assertEqual(normalize('കാറ് '), 'കാറ് ')
         self.assertEqual(normalize('പൂമ്പാററ'), 'പൂമ്പാറ്റ')
+        self.assertEqual(normalize('കാറ്റ്'), 'കാറ്റ്')
         self.assertEqual(normalize('ദു:ഖത്തിന്റെ'), 'ദുഃഖത്തിന്റെ')
         self.assertEqual(normalize('ദു:ഖത്തിന്റെ', keep_punctuations=True),
                          'ദുഃഖത്തിന്റെ')