diff --git a/sickbeard/providers/kat.py b/sickbeard/providers/kat.py
index 5fcffdc8..e0903d82 100644
--- a/sickbeard/providers/kat.py
+++ b/sickbeard/providers/kat.py
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ class KATProvider(generic.TorrentProvider):
 
                 entries = []
                 for url in self.urls:
-                    searchURL = url + 'usearch/%s/?field=seeders&sorder=desc&rss=1' % (urllib.quote(unidecode(search_string)))
+                    searchURL = url + 'usearch/%s/?field=seeders&sorder=desc&rss=1' % urllib.urlencode(search_string.encode('utf-8'))
                     logger.log(u"Search string: " + searchURL, logger.DEBUG)
 
                     entries = self.cache.getRSSFeed(url, items=['entries', 'feed'])['entries']
diff --git a/sickbeard/providers/newznab.py b/sickbeard/providers/newznab.py
index 9a5dcc24..6791e6d9 100755
--- a/sickbeard/providers/newznab.py
+++ b/sickbeard/providers/newznab.py
@@ -314,8 +314,8 @@ class NewznabProvider(generic.NZBProvider):
             # get total and offset attribs
             try:
                 if total == 0:
-                    total = int(data['feed']['newznab_response']['total'] or 0)
-                offset = int(data['feed']['newznab_response']['offset'] or 0)
+                    total = int(data['feed'].newznab_response['total'] or 0)
+                offset = int(data['feed'].newznab_response['offset'] or 0)
             except AttributeError:
                 break