diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 38ab62e..7759c22 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Product installation failed.
 Use a compatible Mac or select a different build compatible with your current hardware and try again. You may also have success running the script in a VM; the InstallationCheck script in versions of the macOS installer to date skips the checks (and returns success) when run on a VM. 
 
 ##### Important note for Catalina+
-Catalina privacy protections might interfere with the operation of this tool if you run it from ~/Desktop, ~/Documents, ~/Downloads or other directories protected in Catalina. Consider using /Users/Shared (or subdirectory) as the "working space" for this tool.
+macOS privacy protections might interfere with the operation of this tool if you run it from ~/Desktop, ~/Documents, ~/Downloads or other directories protected in macOS Catalina or later. Consider using /Users/Shared (or subdirectory) as the "working space" for this tool.
 
 
 ##### Alternate implementations
diff --git a/installinstallmacos.py b/installinstallmacos.py
index fb5bf8d..8dce0c4 100755
--- a/installinstallmacos.py
+++ b/installinstallmacos.py
@@ -1343,7 +1343,7 @@ def main():
                         % seeding_program
                     )
                     xattr.setxattr(
-                        installer_app, "SeedProgram", seeding_program.encode()
+                        installer_app, "SeedProgram", seeding_program.encode("UTF-8")
                     )
             print("Product downloaded and installed to %s" % sparse_diskimage_path)
             if args.raw: