diff --git a/binder/views.py b/binder/views.py
index 038fe162..7dc4d25f 100644
--- a/binder/views.py
+++ b/binder/views.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import re
 from collections import defaultdict, namedtuple
 from contextlib import ExitStack
+from unidecode import unidecode
 
 from PIL import Image
 from inspect import getmro
@@ -2498,7 +2499,8 @@ def dispatch_file_field(self, request, pk=None, file_field=None):
 				raise BinderNotFound(file_field_name)
 
 			if 'download' in request.GET:
-				filename = self.filefield_get_name(instance=obj, request=request, file_field=file_field)
+				# unidecode in order to prevent weird utf-8 symbols from messing with our urls, causing issues
+				filename = unidecode(self.filefield_get_name(instance=obj, request=request, file_field=file_field))
 				if 'prefix' in request.GET:
 					filename = request.GET['prefix'] + ' - ' + filename
 				resp['Content-Disposition'] = 'attachment; filename="{}"'.format(filename)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 55196440..36f13706 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 		'Pillow >= 3.2.0',
 		'django-request-id >= 1.0.0',
 		'requests >= 2.13.0',
+		'unidecode >= 1.2.0'
 	],
 	tests_require=[
 		'django-hijack >= 2.1.10, < 3.0.0',