diff --git a/helpers.rb b/helpers.rb
index 8c0f340..4ae8f77 100644
--- a/helpers.rb
+++ b/helpers.rb
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ def http_request(method, address, options={}, &block)
 end
 
 def sync_client_update_available
-  log :yellow, "Checking if PTSync-rb is up to date..."
+  log "Checking if PTSync-rb is up to date..."
   http_request :get, 'http://germ.intoxicated.co.za/ns2/ptsync/version.json', allow_failure: true do |http, response|
     if response
       yield response['version'] > PT_SYNC_VERSION, response['files']
diff --git a/ptsync.rb b/ptsync.rb
index 41dbc85..7fea49b 100644
--- a/ptsync.rb
+++ b/ptsync.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 require 'pp'
 require './helpers'
 
-PT_SYNC_VERSION = 0.9
+PT_SYNC_VERSION = 1.0
 
 $git_repo = File.directory?('./.git')
 
diff --git a/sync.rb b/sync.rb
index a142491..8c57cf6 100644
--- a/sync.rb
+++ b/sync.rb
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 Dir.chdir('../') if $packaged
 
 #YAML::ENGINE.yamler = 'syck'
+Encoding.default_external = 'utf-8'
 
 initialize_config
 
@@ -192,6 +193,8 @@ def download_files(sub_paths)
       FileUtils.mkpath(directory_path)
     end
 
+    log :yellow, "Starting download: #{sub_path}" if $verbose
+
     unless (file = open(file_path, 'wb') rescue nil)
       log :red, "Unable to write file: #{sub_path.inspect}"
       @total_files_downloaded -= 1
@@ -205,7 +208,7 @@ def download_files(sub_paths)
     failed = proc do |http|
       error_code = http.response_header['X_AMZ_ERROR_CODE'] || http.response_header.status
       error_message = http.response_header['X_AMZ_ERROR_MESSAGE'] || "status: #{http.response_header.status}"
-      log :red, "Download failed: #{sub_path.inspect} (#{error_message})"
+      log :red, "Download failed: #{sub_path.inspect} (encoding: #{sub_path.encoding}, #{error_message})"
       @downloading_file_count -= 1
       file.close
       if error_code != 'IncorrectEndpoint' && error_code != 400 && error_code != 404
@@ -401,7 +404,7 @@ def check_files
 
 def schedule_next_update
   if $last_client_update_check_at
-    if Time.now - $last_client_update_check_at >= 1.minutes
+    if Time.now - $last_client_update_check_at >= 30.minutes
       update_sync_client_if_needed do
         schedule_next_update
       end