diff --git a/pylms/server.py b/pylms/server.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 1e9bd76..feb9012
--- a/pylms/server.py
+++ b/pylms/server.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# This Python file uses the following encoding: utf-8
 """
 PyLMS: Python Wrapper for Logitech Media Server CLI
 (Telnet) Interface
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@
 
 import telnetlib
 from pylms.player import Player
+import unicodedata   # for handling (badly) accented characters
     
 
 class Server(object):
@@ -95,6 +97,7 @@ def request(self, command_string, preserve_encoding=False):
             else:
                 result = response[len(command_string_quoted)-1:]
         result = result.strip()
+        result = unicodedata.normalize('NFD', result).encode('ascii','ignore')
         return result
 
     def request_with_results(self, command_string, preserve_encoding=False):