diff --git a/indexer.py b/indexer.py
index a04c343..066113c 100644
--- a/indexer.py
+++ b/indexer.py
@@ -210,13 +210,13 @@ class Metadata():
 			return
 		self.fileid = fileid
 		self.bcoded = bencoder.decode(torrent)
-		self.created_by = self.bcoded.get(b'created by', b"")
-		self.creation_date = self.bcoded.get(b'creation date', b"")
+		self.created_by = self.bcoded.get(b'created by', b"").decode("utf-8", "ignore")
+		self.creation_date = self.bcoded.get(b'creation date', b"").decode("utf-8", "ignore")
 		self.announce_url = self.bcoded.get(b'info', dict()).get(b'', "")
 		self.source = self.bcoded.get(b'info', dict()).get(b'source', b"")
 		self.torrentsize = ((len(self.bcoded.get(b'info', dict()).get(b'pieces', "")) / 20) * self.bcoded.get(b'info', dict()).get(b'piece length'))
 		self.torrentsize_human = size(self.torrentsize)
-		self.name = self.bcoded.get(b'info', dict()).get(b'name', b"")
+		self.name = self.bcoded.get(b'info', dict()).get(b'name', b"").decode("utf-8", "ignore")
 		self.private = self.bcoded.get(b'info', dict()).get(b'private', b"")
 
 	def writeToDb(self, cursor):