--- a/documents/genericScrapers.py
+++ b/documents/genericScrapers.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import dateutil
 from dateutil.parser import *
 from datetime import *
+import codecs
 
 class GenericDisclogScraper(object):
         __metaclass__ = abc.ABCMeta
@@ -120,7 +121,7 @@
 					columns = row.find_all('td')
 					if len(columns) == self.getColumnCount():
 						(id, date, title, description, notes) = self.getColumns(columns)
-						print ''.join(id.stripped_strings)
+						print ''.join(id.stripped_strings).encode('ascii', 'ignore')
 						if id.string == None:
 							hash = scrape.mkhash(self.remove_control_chars(url+(''.join(date.stripped_strings))))
 						else: