diff --git a/news_fetch/requirements.txt b/news_fetch/requirements.txt
index 6d4b765..29bab81 100644
--- a/news_fetch/requirements.txt
+++ b/news_fetch/requirements.txt
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ newspaper3k
 htmldate
 markdown
 rich
-psycopg2
\ No newline at end of file
+psycopg2
+unidecode
diff --git a/news_fetch/utils_storage/helpers.py b/news_fetch/utils_storage/helpers.py
index b15592e..24e3b6f 100644
--- a/news_fetch/utils_storage/helpers.py
+++ b/news_fetch/utils_storage/helpers.py
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
+import unidecode
+KEEPCHARACTERS = (' ','.','_', '-')
+
 def clear_path_name(path):
-    keepcharacters = (' ','.','_', '-')
-    converted = "".join([c if (c.isalnum() or c in keepcharacters) else "_" for c in path]).rstrip()
-    return converted
+    path = unidecode.unidecode(path) # remove umlauts, accents and others
+    path = "".join([c if (c.isalnum() or c in KEEPCHARACTERS) else "_" for c in path]) # remove all non-alphanumeric characters
+    path = path.rstrip() # remove trailing spaces
+    return path
 
 def shorten_name(name, offset = 50):
     if len(name) > offset: