diff --git a/ox/thepiratebay.py b/ox/thepiratebay.py
index 3751897..f15be62 100644
--- a/ox/thepiratebay.py
+++ b/ox/thepiratebay.py
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ def getData(piratebayId):
     return None
   torrent[u'title'] = decodeHtml(torrent[u'title']).strip()
   torrent[u'imdbId'] = findRe(data, 'title/tt(\d{7})')
-  torrent[u'torrent_link']="http://torrents.thepiratebay.org/%s/%s.torrent" % (piratebayId, quote(torrent['title']))
+  title = quote(torrent['title'].encode('utf-8'))
+  torrent[u'torrent_link']="http://torrents.thepiratebay.org/%s/%s.torrent" % (piratebayId, title)
   for d in re.compile('dt>(.*?):</dt>.*?<dd.*?>(.*?)</dd>', re.DOTALL).findall(data):
     key = d[0].lower().strip()
     key = _key_map.get(key, key)