diff --git a/plexpy/notifiers.py b/plexpy/notifiers.py
index a41a750f..c6d25feb 100644
--- a/plexpy/notifiers.py
+++ b/plexpy/notifiers.py
@@ -499,6 +499,7 @@ def add_notifier_config(agent_id=None, **kwargs):
         db.upsert(table_name='notifiers', key_dict=keys, value_dict=values)
         notifier_id = db.last_insert_id()
         logger.info(u"PlexPy Notifiers :: Added new notification agent: %s (notifier_id %s)." % (agent['label'], notifier_id))
+        blacklist_logger()
         return notifier_id
     except Exception as e:
         logger.warn(u"PlexPy Notifiers :: Unable to add notification agent: %s." % e)
@@ -548,6 +549,7 @@ def set_notifier_config(notifier_id=None, agent_id=None, **kwargs):
     try:
         db.upsert(table_name='notifiers', key_dict=keys, value_dict=values)
         logger.info(u"PlexPy Notifiers :: Updated notification agent: %s (notifier_id %s)." % (agent['label'], notifier_id))
+        blacklist_logger()
         return True
     except Exception as e:
         logger.warn(u"PlexPy Notifiers :: Unable to update notification agent: %s." % e)
diff --git a/plexpy/request.py b/plexpy/request.py
index cd527083..b1118706 100644
--- a/plexpy/request.py
+++ b/plexpy/request.py
@@ -318,6 +318,6 @@ def server_message(response, return_msg=False):
             message = message[:150] + "..."
 
         if return_msg:
-            return message
+            return unicode(message, 'UTF-8')
 
         logger.debug("Server responded with message: %s", message)