diff --git a/python_apps/media-monitor/airtimefilemonitor/mediamonitorcommon.py b/python_apps/media-monitor/airtimefilemonitor/mediamonitorcommon.py
index f526f2616..3da4abcea 100644
--- a/python_apps/media-monitor/airtimefilemonitor/mediamonitorcommon.py
+++ b/python_apps/media-monitor/airtimefilemonitor/mediamonitorcommon.py
@@ -265,16 +265,8 @@ class MediaMonitorCommon:
     def scan_dir_for_new_files(self, dir):
         command = 'find "%s" -type f -iname "*.ogg" -o -iname "*.mp3" -readable' % dir.replace('"', '\\"')
         self.logger.debug(command)
-        stdout = self.exec_command(command).decode("UTF-8")
+        stdout = self.exec_command(command)
         
-        try:
-            """
-            File name charset encoding is UTF-8.  
-            """
-            stdout = stdout.decode("UTF-8")
-        except Exception, e:
-            self.logger.error("Could not decode %s using UTF-8" % stdout)
-
         return stdout.splitlines()
 
     def touch_index_file(self):