diff --git a/crawl.py b/crawl.py
index d91861a..a717333 100644
--- a/crawl.py
+++ b/crawl.py
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     l = []
     if len(args.url) == 1 and  args.url[0] == 'all':
         l = config.lists
+    elif args.names == None and args.subnames == None:
+        for u in args.url:
+            for li in config.lists:
+                if u == li['name']:
+                    l.append(li)
     elif len(args.url) == len(args.names) == len(args.subnames):
         i = 0
         for u in args.url:
diff --git a/lists/mhonarc.py b/lists/mhonarc.py
index 1ba9c35..750c15d 100644
--- a/lists/mhonarc.py
+++ b/lists/mhonarc.py
@@ -159,8 +159,14 @@ def archive_thread(li, base_url, parent_thread_data):
 def collect_message(url, message):
 
     response = urllib.request.urlopen(url)
-    html = response.read().decode(encoding="utf-8")
-    # html = response.read()
+
+    html = response.read()
+    try:
+        html = html.decode(encoding="utf-8")
+    except:
+        logging.warning("Error decoding(utf-8): " + url + "... Continuing (non-utf).")
+        pass
+
     soup = BeautifulSoup(html, "html5lib")    
 
     #note: this should follow an RFC header standard -- MHonArc has header info in the 1th <pre>
diff --git a/lists/pipermail.py b/lists/pipermail.py
index c08c68f..f462753 100644
--- a/lists/pipermail.py
+++ b/lists/pipermail.py
@@ -69,7 +69,13 @@ def collect_threads_from_url(url, name, base_arch_dir):
 
 
 	response = urllib.request.urlopen(url)
-	html = response.read().decode(encoding="utf-8")
+
+	html = response.read()
+	try:
+		html = html.decode(encoding="utf-8")
+	except:
+		logging.warning("Error decoding(utf-8): " + url + "... Continuing (non-utf).")
+
 	soup = BeautifulSoup(html, "html5lib")
 
 	ul = soup.find_all('ul')[1];