diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index 35b7a11..3becb42 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ Version 0.4.5
 
 added version info to logs
 
+added try/catch for unicode errors
+
 Version 0.4.4
 
 modified the check for invalid file types
diff --git a/resources/lib/utils.py b/resources/lib/utils.py
index 2a94547..8d1d1c8 100644
--- a/resources/lib/utils.py
+++ b/resources/lib/utils.py
@@ -29,4 +29,11 @@ def getString(string_id):
     return __Addon.getLocalizedString(string_id)
 
 def encode(string):
-    return string.encode('UTF-8','replace')
+    result = ''
+
+    try:
+        result = string.encode('UTF-8','replace')
+    except UnicodeDecodeError:
+        result = 'Unicode Error'
+    
+    return result