diff --git a/plexpy/notification_handler.py b/plexpy/notification_handler.py
index 7040e7fe..ed1a6545 100644
--- a/plexpy/notification_handler.py
+++ b/plexpy/notification_handler.py
@@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@ def build_notify_text(subject='', body='', notify_action=None, parameters=None,
 
     if agent_id == 15:
         try:
-            script_args = [custom_formatter.format(unicode(arg), **parameters) for arg in shlex.split(subject)]
+            script_args = [custom_formatter.format(arg.decode('utf-8'), **parameters) for arg in shlex.split(subject.encode('utf-8'))]
         except LookupError as e:
             logger.error(u"Tautulli NotificationHandler :: Unable to parse parameter %s in script argument. Using fallback." % e)
             script_args = []
diff --git a/plexpy/notifiers.py b/plexpy/notifiers.py
index 56af4831..49d69e21 100644
--- a/plexpy/notifiers.py
+++ b/plexpy/notifiers.py
@@ -3085,12 +3085,12 @@ class SCRIPTS(Notifier):
         # For manual notifications
         if script_args and isinstance(script_args, basestring):
             # attemps for format it for the user
-            script_args = shlex.split(script_args)
+            script_args = [arg.decode('utf-8') for arg in shlex.split(script_args.encode('utf-8'))]
 
         # Windows handles unicode very badly.
         # https://bugs.python.org/issue19264
         if script_args and os.name == 'nt':
-            script_args = [s.encode(plexpy.SYS_ENCODING, 'ignore') for s in script_args]
+            script_args = [arg.encode(plexpy.SYS_ENCODING, 'ignore') for arg in script_args]
 
         # Allow overrides for shitty systems
         if prefix and script_args: