diff --git a/ripcd.py b/ripcd.py
index b95f8ba..68ffefd 100755
--- a/ripcd.py
+++ b/ripcd.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from lxml import etree
 import asyncio
 import aiohttp
 import argparse
+import chardet
 import fnmatch
 import functools
 import glob
@@ -25,7 +26,8 @@ class TocProtocol(asyncio.SubprocessProtocol):
         self.done = asyncio.Future()
 
     def pipe_data_received(self, fd, data):
-        for line in data.decode().splitlines():
+        detected = chardet.detect(data)
+        for line in data.decode(detected['encoding']).splitlines():
             if not line:
                 continue
             if line.startswith('Album title:'):
@@ -115,13 +117,14 @@ class Track(object):
         basename = os.path.splitext(self.filename)[0]
         infname = '{}.inf'.format(basename)
         try:
-            inf = open(infname)
+            inf = open(infname, 'rb')
         except OSError as e:
             sys.stderr.write('Could not read track info: {}\n'.format(e))
             return
         with inf:
             for line in inf:
-                line = line.split('#')[0]
+                detected = chardet.detect(line)
+                line = line.decode(detected['encoding']).split('#')[0]
                 if not line:
                     continue
                 try: