diff --git a/couchpotato/core/plugins/renamer/main.py b/couchpotato/core/plugins/renamer/main.py
index fb2a768..50f7e13 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/plugins/renamer/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/plugins/renamer/main.py
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ class Renamer(Plugin):
 
                     # Mark movie "done" onces it found the quality with the finish check
                     try:
-                        if movie.status_id == active_status.get('id'):
+                        if movie.status_id == active_status.get('id') and movie.profile:
                             for profile_type in movie.profile.types:
                                 if profile_type.quality_id == group['meta_data']['quality']['id'] and profile_type.finish:
                                     movie.status_id = done_status.get('id')
@@ -324,7 +324,8 @@ class Renamer(Plugin):
 
                 log.info('Removing "%s"', src)
                 try:
-                    os.remove(src)
+                    if os.path.isfile(src):
+                        os.remove(src)
                 except:
                     log.error('Failed removing %s: %s', (src, traceback.format_exc()))
                     self.tagDir(group, 'failed_remove')
@@ -440,7 +441,7 @@ class Renamer(Plugin):
         replaced = toUnicode(string)
         for x, r in replacements.iteritems():
             if r is not None:
-                replaced = replaced.replace('<%s>' % toUnicode(x), toUnicode(r))
+                replaced = replaced.replace(u'<%s>' % toUnicode(x), toUnicode(r))
             else:
                 #If information is not available, we don't want the tag in the filename
                 replaced = replaced.replace('<' + x + '>', '')
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/plugins/scanner/main.py b/couchpotato/core/plugins/scanner/main.py
index f6c7c05..d31726f 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/plugins/scanner/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/plugins/scanner/main.py
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ class Scanner(Plugin):
                         files.append(os.path.join(root, filename))
             except:
                 log.error('Failed getting files from %s: %s', (folder, traceback.format_exc()))
+        else:
+            files = [ss(x) for x in files]
 
         db = get_session()
 
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/settings/model.py b/couchpotato/core/settings/model.py
index c1251df..553c035 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/settings/model.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/settings/model.py
@@ -28,7 +28,13 @@ class JsonType(TypeDecorator):
     impl = UnicodeText
 
     def process_bind_param(self, value, dialect):
-        return toUnicode(json.dumps(value, cls = SetEncoder))
+        try:
+            return toUnicode(json.dumps(value, cls = SetEncoder))
+        except:
+            try:
+                return toUnicode(json.dumps(value, cls = SetEncoder, encoding = 'latin-1'))
+            except:
+                raise
 
     def process_result_value(self, value, dialect):
         return json.loads(value if value else '{}')