diff --git a/router/router.py b/router/router.py
index 34a2dd7..f47e0de 100644
--- a/router/router.py
+++ b/router/router.py
@@ -81,8 +81,19 @@ def route(rd, tier):
     return {"model":avail[0],"reason":"fallback"}
 
 def clean_unicode(text):
-    if not isinstance(text, str): return text
-    return text.replace("\u2014","-").replace("\u2013","-").replace("\u2018",").replace(u2019,").replace("\u201c",').replace(u201d,').replace("\u2026","...").replace("\u00a0"," ")
+    if not isinstance(text, str):
+        return text
+    # Replace common Unicode punctuation with ASCII equivalents
+    text = text.replace(chr(0x2014), "-")
+    text = text.replace(chr(0x2013), "-")
+    text = text.replace(chr(0x2018), "'")
+    text = text.replace(chr(0x2019), "'")
+    text = text.replace(chr(0x201C), '"')
+    text = text.replace(chr(0x201D), '"')
+    text = text.replace(chr(0x2026), "...")
+    text = text.replace(chr(0x00A0), " ")
+    # Strip ALL remaining non-ASCII (emoji, symbols)
+    return text.encode("ascii", "ignore").decode("ascii")
 
 def clean_response(d):
     if isinstance(d, dict): return {k: clean_response(v) for k,v in d.items()}