diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d839a0b..c6ea7af 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ spotipy==2.10.0
 tidalapi==0.6.8
 pyyaml==5.3.1
 tqdm==4.45.0
+unidecode==1.2.0
diff --git a/sync.py b/sync.py
index 04a25fe..9d50a02 100755
--- a/sync.py
+++ b/sync.py
@@ -9,13 +9,14 @@ import spotipy
 import tidalapi
 import time
 from tqdm import tqdm
+from unidecode import unidecode
 from urllib.parse import urljoin
 import webbrowser
 import yaml
 
 def simple(input_string):
     # only take the first part of a string before any hyphens or brackets to account for different versions
-    return input_string.split('-')[0].strip().split('(')[0].strip().split('[')[0].strip()
+    return unidecode(input_string).split('-')[0].strip().split('(')[0].strip().split('[')[0].strip()
 
 def duration_match(tidal_track, spotify_track, tolerance=2):
     # the duration of the two tracks must be the same to within 2 seconds