diff --git a/utils/helperutils.py b/utils/helperutils.py
index 8a648d2..55a1711 100644
--- a/utils/helperutils.py
+++ b/utils/helperutils.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 
 def log(value):
-   
-    try: 
-       print(str(datetime.now()) + ' ' + value.encode("utf-8"))
-    except UnicodeEncodeError:
-      print(str(datetime.now()) + ' print error')
+   print(str(datetime.now()) + ' ' + value)
+    # try: 
+    #    print(str(datetime.now()) + ' ' + value.encode("utf-8"))
+    # except:
+    #   print(str(datetime.now()) + ' print error')
    
     #print(u' '.join(( str(datetime.now()), value)).encode('utf-8').strip())
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/utils/locationutils.py b/utils/locationutils.py
index 5e15001..a6b945b 100644
--- a/utils/locationutils.py
+++ b/utils/locationutils.py
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ def getGeoLocationByCity(city = "", countrycode: Countrycode = Countrycode.NL ):
 
     geonames = getLocationArray(countrycode)
 
+    city = re.sub(u"(\u2018|\u2019)", "'", city) #replaces single quotes chars by '
+
+
     # log('cityname and city: ' + cityname + " , " + city)
 
     #first tries name with 'gemeente as prefix'
@@ -65,7 +68,6 @@ def getGeoLocationByCity(city = "", countrycode: Countrycode = Countrycode.NL ):
     if (geo): return geo;
 
     #removes everything between () and then removes the leading and trailing spaces;
-    
     log('name before regex ' + city)
     #city = re.sub('/\([^()]*\)/g', '', city)
     city = re.sub("[\(].*?[\)]", "", city)
@@ -77,7 +79,6 @@ def getGeoLocationByCity(city = "", countrycode: Countrycode = Countrycode.NL ):
     #print('without anything between ()' + repr( geo))
     if (geo): return geo;
     
-
     #also tries in the alternatenames
     geo = list(filter(lambda g: inAlternatenames(g.alternatenames, city), geonames))
     if(geo): geo = geo[0]