diff --git a/ox/web/criterion.py b/ox/web/criterion.py
index 6b3ac8c..2d5aa86 100644
--- a/ox/web/criterion.py
+++ b/ox/web/criterion.py
@@ -82,12 +82,12 @@ def get_ids(page=None):
     ids = []
     if page:
         url = "http://www.criterion.com/library/expanded_view?m=dvd&p=%s&pp=50&s=spine" % page
-        html = read_url(url)
+        html = read_url(url, unicode=True)
         results = re.compile("films/(\d+)").findall(html)
         ids += results
         results = re.compile("boxsets/(.*?)\"").findall(html)
         for result in results:
-            html = read_url("http://www.criterion.com/boxsets/" + result)
+            html = read_url("http://www.criterion.com/boxsets/" + result, unicode=True)
             results = re.compile("films/(\d+)").findall(html)
             ids += results
         return set(ids)