diff --git a/scraper.py b/scraper.py
index 796c063..0f4a10a 100644
--- a/scraper.py
+++ b/scraper.py
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ def Detail_left_fc(htmltext):
     Description=BeautifulSoup(Description).text
     Description=Description.strip(', ')
     Description=suittext(Description)
+    Description=Description.encode('ascii','ignore')
     return Description
 
 def Description_awarded(htmltext):
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ def Description_awarded(htmltext):
     Description=BeautifulSoup(Description).text
     Description=Description.strip(', ')
     Description=suittext(Description)
+    Description=Description.encode('ascii','ignore')
     return Description