diff --git a/couchpotato/core/providers/automation/flixster/main.py b/couchpotato/core/providers/automation/flixster/main.py
index 429f9fb7..7fd2f717 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/providers/automation/flixster/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/providers/automation/flixster/main.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class Flixster(Automation):
             if not enablers[index]:
                 continue
 
-            data = self.getJsonData(self.url % user_id)
+            data = self.getJsonData(self.url % user_id, decode_from = 'iso-8859-1')
 
             for movie in data:
                 movies.append({'title': movie['movie']['title'], 'year': movie['movie']['year'] })
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/providers/base.py b/couchpotato/core/providers/base.py
index 2fa8c11d..60420a13 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/providers/base.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/providers/base.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import logging
 from couchpotato.core.event import addEvent, fireEvent
+from couchpotato.core.helpers.encoding import toUnicode
 from couchpotato.core.helpers.variable import tryFloat, mergeDicts, md5, \
     possibleTitles, getTitle
 from couchpotato.core.logger import CPLog
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from couchpotato.environment import Env
 from urlparse import urlparse
 import cookielib
 import json
+import logging
 import re
 import time
 import traceback
@@ -63,13 +64,17 @@ class Provider(Plugin):
 
         return self.is_available.get(host, False)
 
-    def getJsonData(self, url, **kwargs):
+    def getJsonData(self, url, decode_from = None, **kwargs):
 
         cache_key = '%s%s' % (md5(url), md5('%s' % kwargs.get('params', {})))
         data = self.getCache(cache_key, url, **kwargs)
 
         if data:
             try:
+                data = data.strip()
+                if decode_from:
+                    data = data.decode(decode_from)
+
                 return json.loads(data)
             except:
                 log.error('Failed to parsing %s: %s', (self.getName(), traceback.format_exc()))