Index: PACKAGING
==================================================================
--- PACKAGING
+++ PACKAGING
@@ -32,11 +32,18 @@
 Renames
 -------
 
  · bookmarks, configdialog, streamedit were extracted into
    channels/ - which is why the main module got lighter.
+
  · uikit.py is the new mygtk
+
+ · contrib/ contains more add-on modules, which could just
+   be packaged into channels/ - selectively.
+
+   (Alternatively users can download and activate those
+   themselves later.)
  
 
 Aux files
 ---------
 

Index: channels/dirble.py
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--- channels/dirble.py
+++ channels/dirble.py
@@ -108,11 +108,11 @@
     # Patch API url together, send request, decode JSON list
     def api(self, method, **params):
         params["token"] = conf.dirble_api_key or self.key
         try:
             # HTTP request and JSON decoding take a while
-            r = ahttp.get(self.base.format(method), params)
+            r = ahttp.get(self.base.format(method), params, encoding="utf-8")
             r = json.loads(r)
             if isinstance(r, dict) and "error" in r:
                 log.ERR(r["error"])
                 raise Exception
             # cut down stream list