diff --git a/comiclib/scanner/30-importEHdb.py b/comiclib/scanner/30-importEHdb.py
index 0863fc7..d51c5ae 100644
--- a/comiclib/scanner/30-importEHdb.py
+++ b/comiclib/scanner/30-importEHdb.py
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ def blur_title(title: str):
         return title
     if settings.importEHdb_matchtitle == 'exact':
         return title
-    return title.translate(str.maketrans({
+    # also restrict to Basic Multilingual Plane
+    return ''.join(map(lambda c:c if ord(c) <= 0xFFFF else '_', title)).translate(str.maketrans({
         ' ': None,
         '_': None,
         '(': None,