diff --git a/modules/builder.py b/modules/builder.py
index 4195ed42..039f7d42 100644
--- a/modules/builder.py
+++ b/modules/builder.py
@@ -1697,14 +1697,13 @@ class CollectionBuilder:
                 except Failed as e:
                     logger.error(e)
                     continue
-                current_title = str(show.title.encode("ascii", "replace").decode())
                 if self.check_tmdb_filter(missing_id, False, check_released=self.details["missing_only_released"]):
-                    missing_shows_with_names.append((current_title, missing_id))
+                    missing_shows_with_names.append((show.title, missing_id))
                     if self.details["show_missing"] is True:
-                        logger.info(f"{self.name} Collection | ? | {current_title} (TVDB: {missing_id})")
+                        logger.info(f"{self.name} Collection | ? | {show.title} (TVDB: {missing_id})")
                 else:
                     if self.details["show_filtered"] is True and self.details["show_missing"] is True:
-                        logger.info(f"{self.name} Collection | X | {current_title} (TVDb: {missing_id})")
+                        logger.info(f"{self.name} Collection | X | {show.title} (TVDb: {missing_id})")
             logger.info("")
             logger.info(f"{len(missing_shows_with_names)} Show{'s' if len(missing_shows_with_names) > 1 else ''} Missing")
             if len(missing_shows_with_names) > 0:
@@ -2102,7 +2101,7 @@ class CollectionBuilder:
             for missing_id in self.run_again_shows:
                 if missing_id not in self.library.show_map:
                     try:
-                        title = str(self.config.TVDb.get_series(self.language, missing_id).title.encode("ascii", "replace").decode())
+                        title = self.config.TVDb.get_series(self.language, missing_id).title
                     except Failed as e:
                         logger.error(e)
                         continue
diff --git a/modules/library.py b/modules/library.py
index 92cd1b2c..71aa2f11 100644
--- a/modules/library.py
+++ b/modules/library.py
@@ -203,17 +203,16 @@ class Library(ABC):
         pass
 
     def add_missing(self, collection, items, is_movie):
-        col_name = collection.encode("ascii", "replace").decode()
-        if col_name not in self.missing:
-            self.missing[col_name] = {}
+        if collection not in self.missing:
+            self.missing[collection] = {}
         section = "Movies Missing (TMDb IDs)" if is_movie else "Shows Missing (TVDb IDs)"
-        if section not in self.missing[col_name]:
-            self.missing[col_name][section] = {}
+        if section not in self.missing[collection]:
+            self.missing[collection][section] = {}
         for title, item_id in items:
-            self.missing[col_name][section][int(item_id)] = str(title).encode("ascii", "replace").decode()
+            self.missing[collection][section][int(item_id)] = title
         with open(self.missing_path, "w"): pass
         try:
-            yaml.round_trip_dump(self.missing, open(self.missing_path, "w"))
+            yaml.round_trip_dump(self.missing, open(self.missing_path, "w", encoding="utf-8"))
         except yaml.scanner.ScannerError as e:
             util.print_multiline(f"YAML Error: {util.tab_new_lines(e)}", error=True)