diff --git a/plexpy/notifiers.py b/plexpy/notifiers.py
index 471e967f..c2513c92 100644
--- a/plexpy/notifiers.py
+++ b/plexpy/notifiers.py
@@ -2996,7 +2996,8 @@ class SCRIPTS(Notifier):
         env = {'PLEX_URL': plexpy.CONFIG.PMS_URL,
                'PLEX_TOKEN': plexpy.CONFIG.PMS_TOKEN,
                'TAUTULLI_URL': helpers.get_plexpy_url(hostname='localhost'),
-               'TAUTULLI_APIKEY': plexpy.CONFIG.API_KEY
+               'TAUTULLI_APIKEY': plexpy.CONFIG.API_KEY,
+               'TAUTULLI_ENCODING': plexpy.SYS_ENCODING,
                }
         env.update(os.environ)
 
@@ -3028,12 +3029,12 @@ class SCRIPTS(Notifier):
 
         if error:
             err = '\n  '.join([l for l in error.splitlines()])
-            logger.error(u"Tautulli Notifiers :: Script error: \n  %s" % err)
+            logger.error("Tautulli Notifiers :: Script error: \n  %s" % err)
             return False
 
         if output:
             out = '\n  '.join([l for l in output.splitlines()])
-            logger.debug(u"Tautulli Notifiers :: Script returned: \n  %s" % out)
+            logger.debug("Tautulli Notifiers :: Script returned: \n  %s" % out)
 
         if not self.script_killed:
             logger.info(u"Tautulli Notifiers :: Script notification sent.")