diff --git a/plexpy/notification_handler.py b/plexpy/notification_handler.py
index 29d65097..2f91a5df 100644
--- a/plexpy/notification_handler.py
+++ b/plexpy/notification_handler.py
@@ -315,13 +315,13 @@ def build_notify_text(session=None, timeline=None, state=None):
     # Check for exclusion tags
     if metadata['media_type'] == 'movie':
         # Regex pattern to remove the text in the tags we don't want
-        pattern = re.compile('<tv>[^>]+.</tv>|<music>[^>]+.</music>', re.IGNORECASE)
+        pattern = re.compile('<tv>[^>]+.</tv>|<music>[^>]+.</music>', re.IGNORECASE|re.DOTALL)
     elif metadata['media_type'] == 'show' or metadata['media_type'] == 'episode':
         # Regex pattern to remove the text in the tags we don't want
-        pattern = re.compile('<movie>[^>]+.</movie>|<music>[^>]+.</music>', re.IGNORECASE)
+        pattern = re.compile('<movie>[^>]+.</movie>|<music>[^>]+.</music>', re.IGNORECASE|re.DOTALL)
     elif metadata['media_type'] == 'artist' or metadata['media_type'] == 'track':
         # Regex pattern to remove the text in the tags we don't want
-        pattern = re.compile('<tv>[^>]+.</tv>|<movie>[^>]+.</movie>', re.IGNORECASE)
+        pattern = re.compile('<tv>[^>]+.</tv>|<movie>[^>]+.</movie>', re.IGNORECASE|re.DOTALL)
     else:
         pattern = None
 
diff --git a/plexpy/notifiers.py b/plexpy/notifiers.py
index 23bf66b1..d8124917 100644
--- a/plexpy/notifiers.py
+++ b/plexpy/notifiers.py
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ class PROWL(object):
 
         data = {'apikey': plexpy.CONFIG.PROWL_KEYS,
                 'application': 'PlexPy',
-                'event': event,
+                'event': event.encode("utf-8"),
                 'description': message.encode("utf-8"),
                 'priority': plexpy.CONFIG.PROWL_PRIORITY}