diff --git a/libs/subliminal_patch/core.py b/libs/subliminal_patch/core.py
index 0905ce1df..097457ce3 100644
--- a/libs/subliminal_patch/core.py
+++ b/libs/subliminal_patch/core.py
@@ -309,7 +309,8 @@ class SZProviderPool(ProviderPool):
             logger.error('Invalid subtitle')
             return False
 
-        subtitle.normalize()
+        if not os.environ.get("SZ_KEEP_ENCODING", False):
+            subtitle.normalize()
 
         return True
 
diff --git a/libs/subliminal_patch/providers/subscene.py b/libs/subliminal_patch/providers/subscene.py
index b940eb787..098447ad5 100644
--- a/libs/subliminal_patch/providers/subscene.py
+++ b/libs/subliminal_patch/providers/subscene.py
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ class SubsceneProvider(Provider, ProviderSubtitleArchiveMixin):
         return subtitles
 
     def query(self, video):
-        vfn = get_video_filename(video)
+        #vfn = get_video_filename(video)
         subtitles = []
         #logger.debug(u"Searching for: %s", vfn)
         # film = search(vfn, session=self.session)
@@ -218,18 +218,18 @@ class SubsceneProvider(Provider, ProviderSubtitleArchiveMixin):
                     logger.debug('No alternative results found')
 
                 # packs
-                if video.season_fully_aired:
-                    term = u"%s S%02i" % (series, video.season)
-                    logger.debug('Searching for packs: %s', term)
-                    time.sleep(self.search_throttle)
-                    film = search(term, session=self.session, throttle=self.search_throttle)
-                    if film and film.subtitles:
-                        logger.debug('Pack results found: %s', len(film.subtitles))
-                        subtitles += self.parse_results(video, film)
-                    else:
-                        logger.debug('No pack results found')
-                else:
-                    logger.debug("Not searching for packs, because the season hasn't fully aired")
+                # if video.season_fully_aired:
+                #     term = u"%s S%02i" % (series, video.season)
+                #     logger.debug('Searching for packs: %s', term)
+                #     time.sleep(self.search_throttle)
+                #     film = search(term, session=self.session, throttle=self.search_throttle)
+                #     if film and film.subtitles:
+                #         logger.debug('Pack results found: %s', len(film.subtitles))
+                #         subtitles += self.parse_results(video, film)
+                #     else:
+                #         logger.debug('No pack results found')
+                # else:
+                #     logger.debug("Not searching for packs, because the season hasn't fully aired")
                 if more_than_one:
                     time.sleep(self.search_throttle)
         else:
diff --git a/libs/subliminal_patch/subtitle.py b/libs/subliminal_patch/subtitle.py
index ea89d901a..6b2263e59 100644
--- a/libs/subliminal_patch/subtitle.py
+++ b/libs/subliminal_patch/subtitle.py
@@ -251,8 +251,7 @@ class Subtitle(Subtitle_):
                 subs = pysubs2.SSAFile.from_string(text, fps=self.plex_media_fps)
 
             unicontent = self.pysubs2_to_unicode(subs)
-            self.content = unicontent.encode("utf-8")
-            self._guessed_encoding = "utf-8"
+            self.content = unicontent.encode(self._guessed_encoding)
         except:
             logger.exception("Couldn't convert subtitle %s to .srt format: %s", self, traceback.format_exc())
             return False
@@ -320,7 +319,8 @@ class Subtitle(Subtitle_):
         :return: string 
         """
         if not self.mods:
-            return fix_text(self.content.decode("utf-8"), **ftfy_defaults).encode(encoding="utf-8")
+            return fix_text(self.content.decode(encoding=self._guessed_encoding), **ftfy_defaults).encode(
+                encoding=self._guessed_encoding)
 
         submods = SubtitleModifications(debug=debug)
         if submods.load(content=self.text, language=self.language):
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ class Subtitle(Subtitle_):
             self.mods = submods.mods_used
 
             content = fix_text(self.pysubs2_to_unicode(submods.f, format=format), **ftfy_defaults)\
-                .encode(encoding="utf-8")
+                .encode(encoding=self._guessed_encoding)
             submods.f = None
             del submods
             return content
diff --git a/libs/subscene_api/subscene.py b/libs/subscene_api/subscene.py
index e0ba77138..c8450518a 100644
--- a/libs/subscene_api/subscene.py
+++ b/libs/subscene_api/subscene.py
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ def search(term, release=True, session=None, year=None, limit_to=SearchTypes.Exa
                 time.sleep(throttle)
                 # fixme: detect endpoint from html
                 continue
-            raise
+            return
         break
 
     if soup: