diff --git a/frame_forge.py b/frame_forge.py
index 9dfd498..5f8ef2a 100644
--- a/frame_forge.py
+++ b/frame_forge.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from frame_forge.cli_utils import frame_list
 
 
 program_name = "FrameForge"
-__version__ = "1.2.1"
+__version__ = "1.2.2"
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/frame_forge/__init__.py b/frame_forge/__init__.py
index 73d4666..e8cdc53 100644
--- a/frame_forge/__init__.py
+++ b/frame_forge/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import shutil
 from random import choice
 from pathlib import Path
 from numpy import linspace
-from unidecode import unidecode
 
 import awsmfunc
 import vapoursynth as vs
@@ -380,9 +379,6 @@ class GenerateImages:
                 Path(self.encode_file).parent / f"{Path(self.encode_file).stem}_images"
             )
 
-        # remove any accent characters from path
-        image_output_dir = Path(unidecode(str(image_output_dir)))
-
         # check if temp image dir exists, if so delete it!
         if image_output_dir.exists():
             shutil.rmtree(image_output_dir, ignore_errors=True)