diff --git a/src/delojza.py b/src/delojza.py
index 6dc76b9..a41890a 100755
--- a/src/delojza.py
+++ b/src/delojza.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import telegram
 import youtube_dl
 from mutagen.easyid3 import EasyID3
 from telegram.ext import Updater, CommandHandler, MessageHandler
+from unidecode import unidecode
 from youtube_dl import DownloadError
 from youtube_dl.version import __version__ as YTDL_VERSION
 
@@ -760,7 +761,7 @@ class MarkovBlabberer:
 
         with open(filepath) as f:
             text = f.read()
-            self.markov = markovify.NewlineText(text.lower())
+            self.markov = markovify.NewlineText(unidecode(text.lower()))
             self.logger.info("Sentence of the day: " + self.make_sentence())
 
     def make_sentence(self, tries=100):
diff --git a/src/requirements.in b/src/requirements.in
index 89b7c9e..dd3aeea 100644
--- a/src/requirements.in
+++ b/src/requirements.in
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ filetype
 mutagen
 pyacoustid
 pytumblr
-markovify
\ No newline at end of file
+markovify
+unidecode
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/requirements.txt b/src/requirements.txt
index 0f2ad13..3a4ec2e 100644
--- a/src/requirements.txt
+++ b/src/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This file is autogenerated by pip-compile
 # To update, run:
 #
-#    pip-compile --upgrade
+#    pip-compile
 #
 asn1crypto==0.24.0        # via cryptography
 audioread==2.1.8          # via pyacoustid
@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@ pytumblr==0.0.8
 requests-oauthlib==1.2.0  # via pytumblr
 requests==2.22.0
 six==1.12.0               # via cryptography
-unidecode==1.0.23         # via markovify
+unidecode==1.0.23
 urllib3==1.25.3           # via requests
 youtube-dl==2019.5.20