diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_finestoriescom.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_finestoriescom.py
index 9e95201c..29db7100 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_finestoriescom.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_finestoriescom.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-# Copyright 2012 Fanficdownloader team
+# Copyright 2013 Fanficdownloader team
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -37,11 +37,6 @@ class FineStoriesComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
     def __init__(self, config, url):
         BaseSiteAdapter.__init__(self, config, url)
 
-        self.decode = ["Windows-1252",
-                       "utf8"] # 1252 is a superset of iso-8859-1.
-                               # Most sites that claim to be
-                               # iso-8859-1 (and some that claim to be
-                               # utf8) are really windows-1252.
         self.username = "NoneGiven" # if left empty, site doesn't return any message at all.
         self.password = ""
         self.is_adult=False
@@ -51,7 +46,6 @@ class FineStoriesComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         if 'storyInfo' in self.story.getMetadata('storyId'):
             self.story.setMetadata('storyId',self.parsedUrl.query.split('=',)[1])
         
-        
         # normalized story URL.
         self._setURL('http://' + self.getSiteDomain() + '/s/storyInfo.php?id='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId'))