diff --git a/SIGNALS.txt b/SIGNALS.txt
index 27a543a..90baa80 100644
--- a/SIGNALS.txt
+++ b/SIGNALS.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ SIGNALS
 
 ['[ffmpeg]', ..., index]:	Post-Processing for url, index
 
+['ignore']			Do nothing
+
 EXAMPLES
 ========
 
diff --git a/youtube_dl_gui/DownloadThread.py b/youtube_dl_gui/DownloadThread.py
index bab2f3a..495dc8a 100644
--- a/youtube_dl_gui/DownloadThread.py
+++ b/youtube_dl_gui/DownloadThread.py
@@ -104,13 +104,13 @@ class ProcessWrapper(Thread):
     while self.proc_is_alive():
       # read output
       output = self.read()
-      if self.err:
-	CallAfter(Publisher.sendMessage, PUBLISHER_TOPIC, ['error', self.index])
-      else:
-	if output != '':
-	  data = self.proc_output(output)
+      if output != '':
+	data = self.proc_output(output)
+	data = self.check_data(data)
+	if self.err:
+	  CallAfter(Publisher.sendMessage, PUBLISHER_TOPIC, ['error', self.index])
+	else:
 	  CallAfter(Publisher.sendMessage, PUBLISHER_TOPIC, data)
-    
     if not self.err and not self.stopped:
       CallAfter(Publisher.sendMessage, PUBLISHER_TOPIC, ['finish', self.index])
     
@@ -135,6 +135,18 @@ class ProcessWrapper(Thread):
     data.append(self.index)
     return data
     
+  def check_data(self, data):
+    ''' check data for exceptions '''
+    if len(data) > 3: 
+      if data[1] == "UnicodeWarning:":
+	self.err = False
+	return ['ignore']
+      if data[0] == "[download]" and data[1] == "Destination:":
+	return ['ignore']
+      if data[0] == "[download]" and data[1] == "100%":
+	return ['ignore']
+    return data
+    
   def string_to_array(self, string):
     return string.split(' ')
     
diff --git a/youtube_dl_gui/OptionsHandler.py b/youtube_dl_gui/OptionsHandler.py
index 179a3e2..b2102cc 100644
--- a/youtube_dl_gui/OptionsHandler.py
+++ b/youtube_dl_gui/OptionsHandler.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class OptionsHandler():
     self.keepVideo = opts[4] in ['True']
     self.audioQuality = int(opts[5])
     self.proxy = opts[6]
-    self.savePath = opts[7]
+    self.savePath = opts[7].decode('utf8')
     self.autoUpdate = opts[8] in ['True']
     self.videoFormat = opts[9]
     self.userAgent = opts[10]
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class OptionsHandler():
     f.write('KeepVideo='+str(self.keepVideo)+'\n')
     f.write('AudioQuality='+str(self.audioQuality)+'\n')
     f.write('Proxy='+str(self.proxy)+'\n')
-    f.write('SavePath='+str(self.savePath)+'\n')
+    f.write('SavePath='+self.savePath.encode('utf-8')+'\n')
     f.write('AutoUpdate='+str(self.autoUpdate)+'\n')
     f.write('VideoFormat='+str(self.videoFormat)+'\n')
     f.write('UserAgent='+str(self.userAgent)+'\n')
diff --git a/youtube_dl_gui/YoutubeDLGUI.py b/youtube_dl_gui/YoutubeDLGUI.py
index bfa3fb7..48a0121 100644
--- a/youtube_dl_gui/YoutubeDLGUI.py
+++ b/youtube_dl_gui/YoutubeDLGUI.py
@@ -152,16 +152,17 @@ class MainFrame(wx.Frame):
       self.statusList._write_data(index, 5, 'Pre-Processing')
     elif msg.data[0] == '[download]':
       index = msg.data.pop()
-      if (len(msg.data[1]) <= 6 and msg.data[1] != '100%'):
-	self.statusList._write_data(index, 1, msg.data[3])
-	self.statusList._write_data(index, 2, msg.data[1])
-	self.statusList._write_data(index, 3, msg.data[7])
-	self.statusList._write_data(index, 4, msg.data[5])
-	self.statusList._write_data(index, 5, 'Downloading')
+      self.statusList._write_data(index, 1, msg.data[3])
+      self.statusList._write_data(index, 2, msg.data[1])
+      self.statusList._write_data(index, 3, msg.data[7])
+      self.statusList._write_data(index, 4, msg.data[5])
+      self.statusList._write_data(index, 5, 'Downloading')
     elif msg.data[0] == '[ffmpeg]':
       index = msg.data.pop()
       self.statusList._write_data(index, 4, '')
       self.statusList._write_data(index, 5, 'Converting to Audio')
+    else: # ['ignore'] or anything else
+      pass # do nothing
 	
   def update_handler(self, msg):
     if msg.data == 'finish':