diff --git a/couchpotato/core/helpers/encoding.py b/couchpotato/core/helpers/encoding.py
index 9e496e5f..7735904b 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/helpers/encoding.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/helpers/encoding.py
@@ -46,4 +46,4 @@ def isInt(value):
         return False
 
 def stripAccents(s):
-    return ''.join((c for c in unicodedata.normalize('NFD', s) if unicodedata.category(c) != 'Mn'))
+    return ''.join((c for c in unicodedata.normalize('NFD', toUnicode(s)) if unicodedata.category(c) != 'Mn'))