diff --git a/safaribooks.py b/safaribooks.py
index 7edec1f..0067c8d 100644
--- a/safaribooks.py
+++ b/safaribooks.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class Display:
         sys.excepthook = sys.__excepthook__
 
     def log(self, message):
-        self.logger.info(str(message))
+        self.logger.info(str(message).encode("utf-8", "replace"))
 
     def out(self, put):
         sys.stdout.write("\r" + " " * self.columns + "\r" + put + "\n")