diff --git a/sickbeard/encodingKludge.py b/sickbeard/encodingKludge.py
index 53f4e63c..06b765d2 100644
--- a/sickbeard/encodingKludge.py
+++ b/sickbeard/encodingKludge.py
@@ -30,17 +30,15 @@ def fixStupidEncodings(x, silent=False):
         try:
             return x.decode(sickbeard.SYS_ENCODING)
         except UnicodeDecodeError:
-            logger.log(u"Unable to decode value: " + repr(x), logger.ERROR)
+            logger.log(u"Unable to decode value: "+repr(x), logger.ERROR)
             return None
     elif type(x) == unicode:
         return x
     else:
-        logger.log(
-            u"Unknown value passed in, ignoring it: " + str(type(x)) + " (" + repr(x) + ":" + repr(type(x)) + ")",
-            logger.DEBUG if silent else logger.ERROR)
+        logger.log(u"Unknown value passed in, ignoring it: "+str(type(x))+" ("+repr(x)+":"+repr(type(x))+")", logger.DEBUG if silent else logger.ERROR)
         return None
 
-
+    return None
 
 def fixListEncodings(x):
     if type(x) != list and type(x) != tuple:
@@ -48,28 +46,24 @@ def fixListEncodings(x):
     else:
         return filter(lambda x: x != None, map(fixStupidEncodings, x))
 
-
 def callPeopleStupid(x):
     try:
         return x.encode(sickbeard.SYS_ENCODING)
     except UnicodeEncodeError:
-        logger.log(
-            u"YOUR COMPUTER SUCKS! Your data is being corrupted by a bad locale/encoding setting. Report this error on the forums or IRC please: " + repr(
-                x) + ", " + sickbeard.SYS_ENCODING, logger.ERROR)
+        logger.log(u"YOUR COMPUTER SUCKS! Your data is being corrupted by a bad locale/encoding setting. Report this error on the forums or IRC please: "+repr(x)+", "+sickbeard.SYS_ENCODING, logger.ERROR)
         return x.encode(sickbeard.SYS_ENCODING, 'ignore')
 
-
-def ek(func, *args, **kwargs):
+def ek(func, *args):
     result = None
 
     if os.name == 'nt':
-        result = func(*args, **kwargs)
+        result = func(*args)
     else:
-        result = func(*[callPeopleStupid(x) if type(x) in (str, unicode) else x for x in args], **kwargs)
+        result = func(*[callPeopleStupid(x) if type(x) in (str, unicode) else x for x in args])
 
     if type(result) in (list, tuple):
         return fixListEncodings(result)
     elif type(result) == str:
         return fixStupidEncodings(result)
     else:
-        return result
+        return result
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