diff --git a/src/audio/broadcast/icecast/IcecastHTTPAudioBroadcaster.java b/src/audio/broadcast/icecast/IcecastHTTPAudioBroadcaster.java
index d42af8b5..935d4979 100644
--- a/src/audio/broadcast/icecast/IcecastHTTPAudioBroadcaster.java
+++ b/src/audio/broadcast/icecast/IcecastHTTPAudioBroadcaster.java
@@ -156,6 +156,8 @@ public class IcecastHTTPAudioBroadcaster extends IcecastAudioBroadcaster
 
                         disconnect();
                     }
+
+                    mConnecting.set(false);
                 }
             };
 
@@ -176,8 +178,6 @@ public class IcecastHTTPAudioBroadcaster extends IcecastAudioBroadcaster
         {
             mStreamingSession.closeNow();
         }
-
-        mConnecting.set(false);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ public class IcecastHTTPAudioBroadcaster extends IcecastAudioBroadcaster
             mSocketConnector = null;
 
             mConnecting.set(false);
+
             super.sessionClosed(session);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/audio/broadcast/icecast/IcecastTCPAudioBroadcaster.java b/src/audio/broadcast/icecast/IcecastTCPAudioBroadcaster.java
index 53f728c3..fa9cd8d5 100644
--- a/src/audio/broadcast/icecast/IcecastTCPAudioBroadcaster.java
+++ b/src/audio/broadcast/icecast/IcecastTCPAudioBroadcaster.java
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ public class IcecastTCPAudioBroadcaster extends IcecastAudioBroadcaster
 
                         disconnect();
                     }
+
+                    mConnecting.set(false);
                 }
             };
 
@@ -293,8 +295,6 @@ public class IcecastTCPAudioBroadcaster extends IcecastAudioBroadcaster
                 setBroadcastState(BroadcastState.ERROR);
                 disconnect();
             }
-
-            mConnecting.set(false);
         }
 
         @Override
diff --git a/src/audio/broadcast/shoutcast/v1/ShoutcastV1AudioBroadcaster.java b/src/audio/broadcast/shoutcast/v1/ShoutcastV1AudioBroadcaster.java
index 3bc83071..5d6d8dab 100644
--- a/src/audio/broadcast/shoutcast/v1/ShoutcastV1AudioBroadcaster.java
+++ b/src/audio/broadcast/shoutcast/v1/ShoutcastV1AudioBroadcaster.java
@@ -168,6 +168,8 @@ public class ShoutcastV1AudioBroadcaster extends AudioBroadcaster
 
                         disconnect();
                     }
+
+                    mConnecting.set(false);
                 }
             };
 
diff --git a/src/audio/broadcast/shoutcast/v2/ShoutcastV2AudioBroadcaster.java b/src/audio/broadcast/shoutcast/v2/ShoutcastV2AudioBroadcaster.java
index cd4cadaf..341b31bf 100644
--- a/src/audio/broadcast/shoutcast/v2/ShoutcastV2AudioBroadcaster.java
+++ b/src/audio/broadcast/shoutcast/v2/ShoutcastV2AudioBroadcaster.java
@@ -204,6 +204,8 @@ public class ShoutcastV2AudioBroadcaster extends AudioBroadcaster implements IBr
 
                         disconnect();
                     }
+
+                    mConnecting.set(false);
                 }
             };
 
diff --git a/src/audio/broadcast/shoutcast/v2/ultravox/UltravoxMetadata.java b/src/audio/broadcast/shoutcast/v2/ultravox/UltravoxMetadata.java
index 6a124355..0372fc6b 100644
--- a/src/audio/broadcast/shoutcast/v2/ultravox/UltravoxMetadata.java
+++ b/src/audio/broadcast/shoutcast/v2/ultravox/UltravoxMetadata.java
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public enum UltravoxMetadata
     {
         StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
         sb.append("<").append(getXMLTag()).append(">");
-        sb.append(URLEncoder.encode(value, "UTF-8"));
+        sb.append(new String(value.getBytes(), "UTF-8"));
         sb.append("</").append(getXMLTag()).append(">");
 
         return sb.toString();