diff --git a/NzbDrone.Common/NzbDrone.Common.csproj b/NzbDrone.Common/NzbDrone.Common.csproj
index 2d3fd449d..313cdbc0a 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Common/NzbDrone.Common.csproj
+++ b/NzbDrone.Common/NzbDrone.Common.csproj
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@
     <Compile Include="Messaging\TestCommandExecutor.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Reflection\ReflectionExtensions.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ServiceFactory.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="StringExtension.cs" />
     <Compile Include="HttpProvider.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ConsoleService.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Contract\ReportBase.cs" />
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Common/StringExtension.cs b/NzbDrone.Common/StringExtension.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index acd9aa70d..000000000
--- a/NzbDrone.Common/StringExtension.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-using System.Linq;
-
-namespace NzbDrone.Common
-{
-    public static class StringExtension
-    {
-        public static string NullSafe(this string target)
-        {
-            return ((object)target).NullSafe().ToString();
-        }
-
-        public static object NullSafe(this object target)
-        {
-            if (target != null) return target;
-            return "[NULL]";
-        }
-
-        public static string FirstCharToUpper(this string input)
-        {
-            return input.First().ToString().ToUpper() + String.Join("", input.Skip(1));
-        }
-    }
-}
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diff --git a/NzbDrone.Common/StringExtensions.cs b/NzbDrone.Common/StringExtensions.cs
index 85db4e23d..1c4e7b54f 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Common/StringExtensions.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Common/StringExtensions.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+using System;
+using System.Globalization;
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 
@@ -5,42 +8,49 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Common
 {
     public static class StringExtensions
     {
-        public static string Inject(this string format, params object[] formattingArgs)
+        public static string NullSafe(this string target)
         {
-            return string.Format(format, formattingArgs);
+            return ((object)target).NullSafe().ToString();
         }
 
-        private static readonly Regex InvalidCharRegex = new Regex(@"[^a-zA-Z0-9\s-]", RegexOptions.Compiled);
-        private static readonly Regex InvalidSearchCharRegex = new Regex(@"[^a-zA-Z0-9\s-\.]", RegexOptions.Compiled);
-        private static readonly Regex CollapseSpace = new Regex(@"\s+", RegexOptions.Compiled);
-
-        public static string ToSlug(this string phrase)
+        public static object NullSafe(this object target)
         {
-            phrase = phrase.RemoveAccent().ToLower();
+            if (target != null) return target;
+            return "[NULL]";
+        }
 
-            phrase = InvalidCharRegex.Replace(phrase, string.Empty);
-            phrase = CollapseSpace.Replace(phrase, " ").Trim();
-            phrase = phrase.Replace(" ", "-");
+        public static string FirstCharToUpper(this string input)
+        {
+            return input.First().ToString().ToUpper() + String.Join("", input.Skip(1));
+        }
 
-            return phrase;
+        public static string Inject(this string format, params object[] formattingArgs)
+        {
+            return string.Format(format, formattingArgs);
         }
 
-        public static string ToSearchTerm(this string phrase)
+        private static readonly Regex CollapseSpace = new Regex(@"\s+", RegexOptions.Compiled);
+
+        public static string RemoveAccent(this string text)
         {
-            phrase = phrase.RemoveAccent().ToLower();
-
-            phrase = phrase.Replace("&", "and");
-            phrase = InvalidSearchCharRegex.Replace(phrase, string.Empty);
-            phrase = CollapseSpace.Replace(phrase, " ").Trim();
-            phrase = phrase.Replace(" ", "+");
-            
-            return phrase;
+            var normalizedString = text.Normalize(NormalizationForm.FormD);
+            var stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();
+
+            foreach (var c in normalizedString)
+            {
+                var unicodeCategory = CharUnicodeInfo.GetUnicodeCategory(c);
+                if (unicodeCategory != UnicodeCategory.NonSpacingMark)
+                {
+                    stringBuilder.Append(c);
+                }
+            }
+
+            return stringBuilder.ToString().Normalize(NormalizationForm.FormC);
         }
 
-        public static string RemoveAccent(this string txt)
+        public static string CleanSpaces(this string text)
         {
-            var bytes = Encoding.GetEncoding("Cyrillic").GetBytes(txt);
-            return Encoding.ASCII.GetString(bytes);
+            return CollapseSpace.Replace(text, " ").Trim();
         }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/MetadataSource/TraktProxy.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/MetadataSource/TraktProxy.cs
index 6dca25834..4a84c0cbd 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Core/MetadataSource/TraktProxy.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/MetadataSource/TraktProxy.cs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
-using System.Net;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using NzbDrone.Common;
 using NzbDrone.Core.MediaCover;
@@ -19,12 +18,25 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.MetadataSource
         public List<Series> SearchForNewSeries(string title)
         {
             var client = BuildClient("search", "shows");
-            var restRequest = new RestRequest(title.ToSearchTerm());
+            var restRequest = new RestRequest(GetSearchTerm(title));
             var response = client.ExecuteAndValidate<List<Show>>(restRequest);
 
             return response.Select(MapSeries).ToList();
         }
 
+
+        private static readonly Regex InvalidSearchCharRegex = new Regex(@"[^a-zA-Z0-9\s-\.]", RegexOptions.Compiled);
+
+        private static string GetSearchTerm(string phrase)
+        {
+            phrase = phrase.RemoveAccent().ToLower();
+            phrase = phrase.Replace("&", "and");
+            phrase = InvalidSearchCharRegex.Replace(phrase, string.Empty);
+            phrase = phrase.CleanSpaces().Replace(" ", "+");
+
+            return phrase;
+        }
+
         public Tuple<Series, List<Episode>> GetSeriesInfo(int tvDbSeriesId)
         {
             var client = BuildClient("show", "summary");