diff --git a/api/media.py b/api/media.py
index 9579024..0131abd 100755
--- a/api/media.py
+++ b/api/media.py
@@ -77,25 +77,29 @@ def stream_media():
 
 		transcoder, decoder, encoder = map(lambda x: prepare_transcoding_cmdline(x, res.path, src_suffix, dst_suffix, dst_bitrate), [ transcoder, decoder, encoder ])
 
-		decoder = shlex.split(decoder)
-		encoder = shlex.split(encoder)
+		decoder = map(lambda s: s.decode('UTF8'), shlex.split(decoder.encode('utf8')))
+		encoder = map(lambda s: s.decode('UTF8'), shlex.split(encoder.encode('utf8')))
+		transcoder = map(lambda s: s.decode('UTF8'), shlex.split(transcoder.encode('utf8')))
 
-		if '|' in shlex.split(transcoder):
-			transcoder = shlex.split(transcoder)
+		app.logger.debug(decoder)
+		app.logger.debug(encoder)
+		app.logger.debug(transcoder)
+
+		if '|' in transcoder:
 			pipe_index = transcoder.index('|')
 			decoder = transcoder[:pipe_index]
 			encoder = transcoder[pipe_index+1:]
 			transcoder = None
 
+		app.logger.warn('decoder' + str(decoder))
+		app.logger.warn('encoder' + str(encoder))
 
 		try:
 			if transcoder:
 				app.logger.warn('single line transcode: '+transcoder)
-				proc = subprocess.Popen(shlex.split(transcoder), stdout = subprocess.PIPE, shell=False)
+				proc = subprocess.Popen(transcoder, stdout = subprocess.PIPE, shell=False)
 			else:
 				app.logger.warn('multi process transcode: ')
-				app.logger.warn('decoder' + str(decoder))
-				app.logger.warn('encoder' + str(encoder))
 				dec_proc = subprocess.Popen(decoder, stdout = subprocess.PIPE, shell=False)
 				proc = subprocess.Popen(encoder, stdin = dec_proc.stdout, stdout = subprocess.PIPE, shell=False)
 
diff --git a/scanner.py b/scanner.py
index 303f6d4..d2d3681 100755
--- a/scanner.py
+++ b/scanner.py
@@ -35,24 +35,35 @@ class Scanner:
 		valid = [x.lower() for x in config.get('base','filetypes').split(',')]
 		print "valid filetypes: ",valid
 
+		n = 0
 		for root, subfolders, files in os.walk(folder.path, topdown=False):
 			for f in files:
 				suffix = os.path.splitext(f)[1][1:].lower()
+				n += 1
+				if n == 1000:
+					app.logger.debug('commit db')
+					self.__session.commit()
+					n = 0
+
 				if suffix in valid:
 					try:
 						app.logger.debug('Scanning File: ' + os.path.join(root, f))
 						self.__scan_file(os.path.join(root, f), folder)
+						self.__session.flush()
 					except:
 						app.logger.error('Problem adding file: ' + os.path.join(root,f))
 						app.logger.error(sys.exc_info())
 						self.__session.rollback()
-					self.__session.commit()
 
+
+
+		self.__session.commit()
 		folder.last_scan = int(time.time())
 
 	def prune(self, folder):
-		for track in [ t for t in self.__tracks if t.root_folder.id == folder.id and not self.__is_valid_path(t.path) ]:
-			self.__remove_track(track)
+		for k, track in self.__tracks.iteritems():
+			if track.root_folder.id == folder.id and not self.__is_valid_path(k):
+				self.__remove_track(track)
 
 		for album in [ album for artist in self.__artists for album in artist.albums if len(album.tracks) == 0 ]:
 			album.artist.albums.remove(album)
@@ -78,9 +89,14 @@ class Scanner:
 		return os.path.splitext(path)[1][1:].lower() in self.__extensions
 
 	def __scan_file(self, path, folder):
+		curmtime = int(math.floor(os.path.getmtime(path)))
+
 		if path in self.__tracks:
 			tr = self.__tracks[path]
-			curmtime = int(math.floor(os.path.getmtime(path)))
+
+			if not tr.last_modification:
+				tr.last_modification = curmtime
+
 			if curmtime <= tr.last_modification:
 				app.logger.debug('\tFile not modified')
 				return False
@@ -88,7 +104,6 @@ class Scanner:
 			app.logger.debug('\tFile modified, updating tag')
 			app.logger.debug('\tcurmtime %s / last_mod %s', curmtime, tr.last_modification)
 			app.logger.debug('\t\t%s Seconds Newer\n\t\t', str(curmtime - tr.last_modification))
-			tr.last_modification = curmtime
 			tag = self.__try_load_tag(path)
 			if not tag:
 				app.logger.debug('\tError retrieving tags, removing track from DB')
@@ -106,6 +121,7 @@ class Scanner:
 			self.__added_tracks += 1
 			print "Added ", path
 
+		tr.last_modification = curmtime
 		tr.disc     = self.__try_read_tag(tag, 'discnumber',  1, lambda x: int(x[0].split('/')[0]))
 		tr.number   = self.__try_read_tag(tag, 'tracknumber', 1, lambda x: int(x[0].split('/')[0]))
 		tr.title    = self.__try_read_tag(tag, 'title', '')
diff --git a/web.py b/web.py
index a1224a2..6509837 100755
--- a/web.py
+++ b/web.py
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 # coding: utf-8
 
 from flask import Flask, request, session, flash, render_template, redirect, url_for
+import config
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
 app.secret_key = '?9huDM\\H'
 
-app.debug = True
+if config.get('base', 'debug'):
+    app.debug = True
 
-import config
 if config.get('base', 'log_file'):
 	import logging
 	from logging.handlers import TimedRotatingFileHandler