diff --git a/lib/pyrrent2http/pyrrent2http.py b/lib/pyrrent2http/pyrrent2http.py
index 42691d1..d00cca3 100644
--- a/lib/pyrrent2http/pyrrent2http.py
+++ b/lib/pyrrent2http/pyrrent2http.py
@@ -592,7 +592,6 @@ class Pyrrent2http(object):
     def buildTorrentParams(self, uri):
         try:
             absPath = uri2path(uri)
-            logging.info('absPath: %s' % (repr(absPath)))
             logging.info(normalize_msg('Opening local torrent file: %s', (absPath,)))
             torrent_info = lt.torrent_info(absPath)
         except Exception as e:
diff --git a/lib/pyrrent2http/util.py b/lib/pyrrent2http/util.py
index 6265271..f788c1d 100644
--- a/lib/pyrrent2http/util.py
+++ b/lib/pyrrent2http/util.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def normalize_msg(tmpl, args):
     msg = isinstance(tmpl, unicode) and tmpl or tmpl.decode(chardet.detect(tmpl)['encoding'])
     arg_ = []
     for a in args:
-        if not isinstance(a, unicode): arg_.append(a.decode(chardet.detect(a)['encoding']))
+        arg_.append(isinstance(a, unicode) and a or a.decode(chardet.detect(a)['encoding']))
     return msg % tuple(arg_)