git » urraka » commit 12e9514

diff --git a/urraka.cgi b/urraka.cgi
index 05340c5..8e87307 100755
--- a/urraka.cgi
+++ b/urraka.cgi
@@ -118,12 +118,14 @@ def get_mobi_title(fname):
         name_offset = mobi_hdr_offset + get_int(head, mobi_hdr_offset + 84)
         name_len = get_int(head, mobi_hdr_offset + 88)
 
-        return head[name_offset:name_offset + name_len]
+        title = head[name_offset:name_offset + name_len]
     except (IndexError, struct.error) as e:
         # As a fallback, palm databases have a title as the first 32 bytes;
         # it's usually a crippled book title.
         logging.debug('Error getting title for %r: %s', fname, e)
-        return head[:32].strip('\0')
+        title = head[:32].strip('\0')
+
+    return title.decode('utf8', errors = 'replace')
 
 
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