diff --git a/src/search_engine/engines/isohunt.py b/src/search_engine/engines/isohunt.py
index a02d306f8..90da20406 100644
--- a/src/search_engine/engines/isohunt.py
+++ b/src/search_engine/engines/isohunt.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#VERSION: 1.1
+#VERSION: 1.2
 #AUTHORS: Christophe Dumez (chris@qbittorrent.org)
 
 # Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 from novaprinter import prettyPrinter
 import re
-import urllib
+from helpers import retrieve_url
 
 class isohunt(object):
 	url = 'http://isohunt.com'
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class isohunt(object):
 		i = 1
 		while True and i<11:
 			res = 0
-			dat = urllib.urlopen(self.url+'/torrents.php?ihq=%s&ihp=%s&ihs1=2&iho1=d'%(what,i)).read().decode('utf8', 'replace')
+			dat = retrieve_url(self.url+'/torrents.php?ihq=%s&ihp=%s&ihs1=2&iho1=d'%(what,i))
 			# I know it's not very readable, but the SGML parser feels in pain
 			section_re = re.compile('(?s)id=link.*?</tr><tr')
 			torrent_re = re.compile('(?s)torrent_details/(?P<link>.*?[^/]+).*?'
diff --git a/src/search_engine/engines/mininova.py b/src/search_engine/engines/mininova.py
index 400b155cd..7f19b559a 100644
--- a/src/search_engine/engines/mininova.py
+++ b/src/search_engine/engines/mininova.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#VERSION: 1.2
+#VERSION: 1.21
 #AUTHORS: Fabien Devaux (fab@gnux.info)
 
 # Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -64,14 +64,12 @@ class mininova(object):
 				return ''.join([ get_text(n) for n in txt.childNodes])
 		page = 1
 		while True and page<11:
-			file = open('/home/chris/mytest.txt', 'w')
-			file.write(self.url+'/search/%s/seeds/%d'%(what, page))
-			file.close()
 			res = 0
 			dat = retrieve_url(self.url+'/search/%s/seeds/%d'%(what, page))
 			dat = re.sub("<a href=\"http://www.boardreader.com/index.php.*\"", "<a href=\"plop\"", dat)
 			dat = re.sub("<=", "&lt;=", dat)
 			dat = re.sub("&\s", "&amp; ", dat)
+			dat = re.sub("&(?!amp)", "&amp;", dat)
 			x = minidom.parseString(dat)
 			table = x.getElementsByTagName('table').item(0)
 			if not table: return
diff --git a/src/search_engine/engines/piratebay.py b/src/search_engine/engines/piratebay.py
index 0fcf420f7..a87f46ea8 100644
--- a/src/search_engine/engines/piratebay.py
+++ b/src/search_engine/engines/piratebay.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#VERSION: 1.04
+#VERSION: 1.1
 #AUTHORS: Fabien Devaux (fab@gnux.info)
 
 # Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 from novaprinter import prettyPrinter
 import sgmllib
-import urllib
+from helpers import retrieve_url
 
 class piratebay(object):
 	url = 'http://thepiratebay.org'
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class piratebay(object):
 		while True and i<11:
 			results = []
 			parser = self.SimpleSGMLParser(results, self.url)
-			dat = urllib.urlopen(self.url+'/search/%s/%u/7' % (what, i)).read()
+			dat = retrieve_url(self.url+'/search/%s/%u/7' % (what, i))
 			parser.feed(dat)
 			parser.close()
 			if len(results) <= 0:
diff --git a/src/search_engine/engines/torrentreactor.py b/src/search_engine/engines/torrentreactor.py
index 95a532ca1..9593d3ecf 100644
--- a/src/search_engine/engines/torrentreactor.py
+++ b/src/search_engine/engines/torrentreactor.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#VERSION: 1.02
+#VERSION: 1.1
 #AUTHORS: Gekko Dam Beer (gekko04@users.sourceforge.net)
 
 # Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 from novaprinter import prettyPrinter
 import sgmllib
-import urllib
+from helpers import retrieve_url
 
 class torrentreactor(object):
 	url = 'http://www.torrentreactor.net'
@@ -92,8 +92,7 @@ class torrentreactor(object):
 		while True and i<11:
 			results = []
 			parser = self.SimpleSGMLParser(results, self.url)
-			dat = urllib.urlopen(self.url+'/search.php?search=&words=%s&cid=&sid=&type=2&orderby=a.seeds&asc=0&skip=%s'%(what,(i*35))).read().decode('utf-8', 'replace')
-			#print "loading page: "+self.url+'/search.php?search=&words=%s&cid=&sid=&type=2&orderby=a.seeds&asc=0&skip=%s'%(what,(i*35))
+			dat = retrieve_url(self.url+'/search.php?search=&words=%s&cid=&sid=&type=2&orderby=a.seeds&asc=0&skip=%s'%(what,(i*35)))
 			parser.feed(dat)
 			parser.close()
 			if len(results) <= 0:
diff --git a/src/search_engine/engines/versions.txt b/src/search_engine/engines/versions.txt
index 3e1cbc65c..4b6b8d8c3 100644
--- a/src/search_engine/engines/versions.txt
+++ b/src/search_engine/engines/versions.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-isohunt: 1.1
-torrentreactor: 1.02
+isohunt: 1.2
+torrentreactor: 1.1
 btjunkie: 2.1
-mininova: 1.2
-piratebay: 1.04
+mininova: 1.21
+piratebay: 1.1
diff --git a/src/search_engine/helpers.py b/src/search_engine/helpers.py
index 48b9e4582..b64d4d697 100644
--- a/src/search_engine/helpers.py
+++ b/src/search_engine/helpers.py
@@ -54,6 +54,6 @@ def retrieve_url(url):
         ignore, charset = info['Content-Type'].split('charset=')
     except:
         pass
-    dat = dat.decode(charset)
+    dat = dat.decode(charset, 'replace')
     dat = htmlentitydecode(dat)
     return dat.encode('utf-8', 'replace')
diff --git a/src/search_engine/novaprinter.py b/src/search_engine/novaprinter.py
index 267d69d77..b07c2e784 100644
--- a/src/search_engine/novaprinter.py
+++ b/src/search_engine/novaprinter.py
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 # POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 def prettyPrinter(dictionnary):
+	if isinstance(dictionnary['size'], str):
+		dictionnary['size'] = dictionnary['size'].decode('utf-8')
 	dictionnary['size'] = anySizeToBytes(dictionnary['size'])
 	if isinstance(dictionnary['name'], unicode):
 		dictionnary['name'] = dictionnary['name'].encode('utf-8')