diff --git a/cli/google_interface.py b/cli/google_interface.py
index 8d6557c..7733d3b 100644
--- a/cli/google_interface.py
+++ b/cli/google_interface.py
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ exit_commands = ['exit', 'abort', 'quit', 'bye', 'eat flaming death', 'q']
 
 comments = ""
 
+encoding = 'utf8'
+
 # midlertidig
 connection = pgdb.connect(database='oysteini_pbb2',
         user='oysteini_pbb',
@@ -114,18 +116,18 @@ def build_book(entry, authors, indata=False):
 		comment("No ISBN found.")
 		return False
 	
-        book['title'] = unicode(entry.dc_title[0].text)
+        book['title'] = unicode(entry.dc_title[0].text, encoding)
 
         set_value(book, dic, 'category')
 
 	if len(entry.dc_title) > 0:
-		book['subtitle'] = unicode(''.join(map(lambda x: x.text, entry.dc_title[1:])))
+		book['subtitle'] = unicode(''.join(map(lambda x: x.text, entry.dc_title[1:])), encoding)
 	
         book['persons'] = {}
         book['persons']['author'] = [author['id'] for author in authors]
         
         if 'publishers' in dic:
-		book['publisher'] = unicode(','.join(dic['publishers']))
+		book['publisher'] = unicode(','.join(dic['publishers']), encoding)
 
         if 'date' in dic:
 		book['published_year'] = int(dic['date'][:4])
@@ -136,10 +138,10 @@ def build_book(entry, authors, indata=False):
         
         set_value(book, dic, 'series')
 
-        book['description'] = unicode(find_description(dic))
+        book['description'] = unicode(find_description(dic), encoding)
 	
         book['references'] = {}
-        book['references']['google-books'] = [unicode(dic['preview'])]
+        book['references']['google-books'] = [unicode(dic['preview'], encoding)]
         
         return book
 
@@ -149,7 +151,7 @@ def comment(comm):
 
 def set_value(book, dic, key):
         if key in dic:
-                book[key] = unicode(dic[key])
+                book[key] = unicode(dic[key], encoding)
         else: 
                 book[key] = None