diff --git a/recipes/konflikty_zbrojne.recipe b/recipes/konflikty_zbrojne.recipe
index 4211093443..e8b28b49bf 100644
--- a/recipes/konflikty_zbrojne.recipe
+++ b/recipes/konflikty_zbrojne.recipe
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
+from calibre.ebooks.BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup
 
 class Konflikty(BasicNewsRecipe):
     title          = u'Konflikty Zbrojne'
@@ -13,11 +14,11 @@ class Konflikty(BasicNewsRecipe):
     no_stylesheets = True
     keep_only_tags=[dict(attrs={'class':['title1', 'image']}), dict(id='body')]
 
-    feeds          = [(u'Aktualności', u'http://www.konflikty.pl/rss_aktualnosci_10.xml'), 
-		(u'Artyku\u0142y', u'http://www.konflikty.pl/rss_artykuly_10.xml'), 
-		(u'Historia', u'http://www.konflikty.pl/rss_historia_10.xml'), 
-		(u'Militaria', u'http://www.konflikty.pl/rss_militaria_10.xml'), 
-		(u'Relacje', u'http://www.konflikty.pl/rss_relacje_10.xml'), 
+    feeds          = [(u'Aktualności', u'http://www.konflikty.pl/rss_aktualnosci_10.xml'),
+		(u'Artyku\u0142y', u'http://www.konflikty.pl/rss_artykuly_10.xml'),
+		(u'Historia', u'http://www.konflikty.pl/rss_historia_10.xml'),
+		(u'Militaria', u'http://www.konflikty.pl/rss_militaria_10.xml'),
+		(u'Relacje', u'http://www.konflikty.pl/rss_relacje_10.xml'),
 		(u'Recenzje', u'http://www.konflikty.pl/rss_recenzje_10.xml'),
 		(u'Teksty źródłowe', u'http://www.konflikty.pl/rss_tekstyzrodlowe_10.xml')]
 
@@ -29,4 +30,4 @@ class Konflikty(BasicNewsRecipe):
                 image.name='div'
                 pos = len(image.contents)
                 image.insert(pos, BeautifulSoup('<p style="font-style:italic;">'+image.img['alt']+'</p>'))
-        return soup
\ No newline at end of file
+        return soup
diff --git a/recipes/metro_news_nl.recipe b/recipes/metro_news_nl.recipe
index 9fb41984db..d95f9bdfd7 100644
--- a/recipes/metro_news_nl.recipe
+++ b/recipes/metro_news_nl.recipe
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class AdvancedUserRecipe1306097511(BasicNewsRecipe):
         div.column-3 module-title {border: 1px solid #aaa}\
         div.article-box-fact div.subtitle, .article-box-fact.module-title, h2.subtitle {font-weight:bold}\
         div.article-box-fact div.subtitle, hr.merryhr, .article-box-fact.module-title {color: #24763b}'
-        
+
 
     preprocess_regexps = [
         (re.compile(r'<img[^>]+top-line[^>]+>', re.DOTALL|re.IGNORECASE),
@@ -198,7 +198,6 @@ class MerryProcess(BeautifulSoup):
                 if not part in allfacts:
                     self.myKiller.safeRemovePart(part, True)
         articlefacts = soup.find('div', {'class':'article-box-fact column'})
-        errorOccured=False
         if (articlefacts and not articlefacts==None):
           try:
             contenttag = soup.find('div', {'class':'article-body'})
@@ -208,10 +207,7 @@ class MerryProcess(BeautifulSoup):
             if foundrighttag == True:
                 contenttag.insert(0, allfactsparent)
           except:
-            errorOccured=True
-            mlog.addTrace()
-        else:
-            errorOccured=True
+              pass
         return soup
 
     def previousNextSibRemover(self, soup, previous=True, soupIsArray=False):
diff --git a/recipes/readitlater.recipe b/recipes/readitlater.recipe
index 8ed7c43610..92c9aaf9d6 100644
--- a/recipes/readitlater.recipe
+++ b/recipes/readitlater.recipe
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class Pocket(BasicNewsRecipe):
         try:
             from calibre.ebooks import calibre_cover
             title = self.title if isinstance(self.title, unicode) else \
-                    self.title.decode(preferred_encoding, 'replace')
+                    self.title.decode('utf-8', 'replace')
             date = strftime(self.timefmt)
             time = strftime('[%I:%M %p]')
             img_data = calibre_cover(title, date, time)
@@ -128,4 +128,4 @@ class Pocket(BasicNewsRecipe):
         except:
             self.log.exception('Failed to generate default cover')
             return False
-        return True
\ No newline at end of file
+        return True