diff --git a/sickbeard/providers/nzbx.py b/sickbeard/providers/nzbx.py
index f8fd742a6ce5f9f13c06080a0e71d58b84dbbc9f..d4d0e97ecaab3aaab03939fdf8caec5cee256930 100644
--- a/sickbeard/providers/nzbx.py
+++ b/sickbeard/providers/nzbx.py
@@ -18,18 +18,15 @@
 
 import urllib
 import generic
-import sickbeard
+from datetime import datetime
+import json
 
+import sickbeard
 from sickbeard import tvcache
 from sickbeard import logger
 from sickbeard import classes
 from sickbeard import show_name_helpers
-from datetime import datetime
-
-try:
-    import json
-except ImportError:
-    from lib import simplejson as json
+from lib.unidecode import unidecode
 
 
 class NzbXProvider(generic.NZBProvider):
@@ -50,7 +47,7 @@ class NzbXProvider(generic.NZBProvider):
         return [x for x in show_name_helpers.makeSceneSearchString(ep_obj)]
 
     def _get_title_and_url(self, item):
-        title = item['name']
+        title = unidecode(item['name'])
         url = self.url + 'nzb?' + str(item['guid']) + '*|*' + urllib.quote_plus(title)
         return (title, url)