diff --git a/addon.xml b/addon.xml
index cd065450..6ac2243f 100644
--- a/addon.xml
+++ b/addon.xml
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
   <requires>
     <import addon="xbmc.python" version="2.1.0"/>
     <import addon="script.module.requests" version="2.9.1" />
-    <import addon="plugin.video.plexkodiconnect.movies" version="2.0.2" />
-    <import addon="plugin.video.plexkodiconnect.tvshows" version="2.0.3" />
+    <import addon="plugin.video.plexkodiconnect.movies" version="2.0.4" />
+    <import addon="plugin.video.plexkodiconnect.tvshows" version="2.0.4" />
   </requires>
   <extension point="xbmc.python.pluginsource" library="default.py">
         <provides>video audio image</provides>
diff --git a/resources/lib/pickler.py b/resources/lib/pickler.py
index 490da9d4..3e277104 100644
--- a/resources/lib/pickler.py
+++ b/resources/lib/pickler.py
@@ -4,12 +4,31 @@ from cPickle import dumps, loads
 
 from xbmcgui import Window
 from xbmc import log, LOGDEBUG
+
 ###############################################################################
 WINDOW = Window(10000)
 PREFIX = 'PLEX.%s: ' % __name__
 ###############################################################################
 
 
+def try_encode(input_str, encoding='utf-8'):
+    """
+    Will try to encode input_str (in unicode) to encoding. This possibly
+    fails with e.g. Android TV's Python, which does not accept arguments for
+    string.encode()
+
+    COPY to avoid importing utils on calling default.py
+    """
+    if isinstance(input_str, str):
+        # already encoded
+        return input_str
+    try:
+        input_str = input_str.encode(encoding, "ignore")
+    except TypeError:
+        input_str = input_str.encode()
+    return input_str
+
+
 def pickl_window(property, value=None, clear=False):
     """
     Get or set window property - thread safe! For use with Pickle
@@ -20,7 +39,7 @@ def pickl_window(property, value=None, clear=False):
     elif value is not None:
         WINDOW.setProperty(property, value)
     else:
-        return WINDOW.getProperty(property)
+        return try_encode(WINDOW.getProperty(property))
 
 
 def pickle_me(obj, window_var='plex_result'):