diff --git a/frontend/src/components/manga/MangaListTable.vue b/frontend/src/components/manga/MangaListTable.vue
index a3ecd85..ffd090d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/manga/MangaListTable.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/manga/MangaListTable.vue
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ type CellData<I, V> = {
 
 @Options({
   name: 'MangaListTable',
-  methods: {decode},
   components: {BTable, MangaEntryDetailsModal},
 })
 export default class MangaListTable extends Vue {
@@ -43,6 +42,7 @@ export default class MangaListTable extends Vue {
   latestChaptersSorted = latestChaptersSorted;
   latestChapterString = latestChapterString;
   newChapterCount = newChapterCount;
+  decode = decode;
 
   get fields(): TableFieldObject<ViewEntry>[] {
     return [{
diff --git a/frontend/src/data/service/MangaUpdatesDataService.ts b/frontend/src/data/service/MangaUpdatesDataService.ts
index ae1c583..90c8636 100644
--- a/frontend/src/data/service/MangaUpdatesDataService.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/data/service/MangaUpdatesDataService.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export default class MangaUpdatesDataService {
             return str.toLowerCase().replaceAll('"', '\'').replaceAll(' - ', ' ').replaceAll(': ', ' ');
           };
           matching = results.results
-            .filter(e => stringSimilarity(cleaner(title), cleaner(decode(e.record.title)), 2, false) >= 0.95)
+            .filter(e => stringSimilarity(cleaner(title ?? ""), cleaner(decode(e.record.title)), 2, false) >= 0.95)
             .filter(e => allowedTypes.has(e.record.type.toLowerCase())) //check if a manga or similar but not novel
             .filter(e => m.startDate.year - 1 <= parseInt('' + e.record.year)
               && parseInt('' + e.record.year) <= m.startDate.year + 1); //check year +-1