diff --git a/irs/ripper.py b/irs/ripper.py
index 63b6993..c8ab2bb 100644
--- a/irs/ripper.py
+++ b/irs/ripper.py
@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@ init, or in method arguments.")
         print("Finding Youtube Link ...")
 
         search_terms = song + " " + artist + " " + additional_search
-        query_string = urlencode({"search_query": (search_terms)})
+        query_string = urlencode({"search_query": (
+                                 search_terms.encode('utf-8'))})
         link = "http://www.youtube.com/results?" + query_string
 
         html_content = urlopen(link).read()
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f2d25cc..ef104ef 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from setuptools import setup
 
 setup(
     name =         'irs',
-    version =      '6.3.5',
+    version =      '6.3.6',
     description =  'A music downloader that just gets metadata.',
     url =          'https://github.com/kepoorhampond/irs',
     author =       'Kepoor Hampond',