diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9bad074..a813848 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ Options:
   --disable-comments  Disable comments (Peertube only as YT API does not support) (default: comments are enabled)
   --nsfw  Set the video as No Safe For Work (Peertube only as YT API does not support) (default: video is safe)
   --nfo=STRING  Configure a specific nfo file to set options for the video.
-                By default Prismedia search a .txt based on video name
+                By default Prismedia search a .txt based on the video name and will
+                decode the file as UTF-8 (so make sure your nfo file is UTF-8 encoded)
                 See nfo_example.txt for more details
   --platform=STRING  List of platform(s) to upload to, comma separated.
                      Supported platforms are youtube and peertube (default is both)
diff --git a/prismedia_upload.py b/prismedia_upload.py
index d2bfb8b..d97ca1b 100755
--- a/prismedia_upload.py
+++ b/prismedia_upload.py
@@ -167,17 +167,17 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     schema = Schema({
         '--file': And(str, validateVideo, error='file is not supported, please use mp4'),
         Optional('--name'): Or(None, And(
-                                unicode,
+                                basestring,
                                 lambda x: not x.isdigit(),
                                 error="The video name should be a string")
                                ),
         Optional('--description'): Or(None, And(
-                                        unicode,
+                                        basestring,
                                         lambda x: not x.isdigit(),
                                         error="The video description should be a string")
                                       ),
         Optional('--tags'): Or(None, And(
-                                    unicode,
+                                    basestring,
                                     lambda x: not x.isdigit(),
                                     error="Tags should be a string")
                                ),