diff --git a/safaribooks.py b/safaribooks.py
index 40b3939..d39beab 100644
--- a/safaribooks.py
+++ b/safaribooks.py
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ class Display:
         sys.excepthook = sys.__excepthook__
 
     def log(self, message):
-        self.logger.info(str(message, "utf-8", "replace"))
+        self.logger.info(str(message))  # TODO: "utf-8", "replace"
 
     def out(self, put):
-        sys.stdout.write("\r" + " " * self.columns + "\r" + str(put, "utf-8", "replace") + "\n")
+        sys.stdout.write("\r" + " " * self.columns + "\r" + str(put) + "\n")  # TODO: "utf-8", "replace"
 
     def info(self, message, state=False):
         self.log(message)