diff --git a/getContainerBash.sh b/getContainerBash.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 0e76a4c..0000000
--- a/getContainerBash.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-sudo docker start $1
-sudo docker exec -it $1 /bin/bash
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diff --git a/tests/addFastAlignedTM.py b/tests/addFastAlignedTM.py
index a29f254..0620610 100755
--- a/tests/addFastAlignedTM.py
+++ b/tests/addFastAlignedTM.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import urllib2
 import sys
 import host
 import time
+import codecs
 
 BUFFER_SIZE = 500
 LEAVE_OUT = 1 # that does not leave out anything
@@ -23,8 +24,9 @@ def file_len(fname):
 
 def add_examples(examplesData):
     req = urllib2.Request(address)
-    req.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/json')
-    response = json.loads(urllib2.urlopen(req, json.dumps(examplesData), timeout = 3600).read())
+    req.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/json; charset=utf-8')
+    encodedData = json.dumps(examplesData, ensure_ascii=False).encode('utf-8', 'ignore')
+    response = json.loads(urllib2.urlopen(req, encodedData, timeout = 3600).read())
     print(response)
     if response['status'] == 'error':
         raise Exception(response['message'])
@@ -67,7 +69,7 @@ req.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/json')
 response = json.loads(urllib2.urlopen(req, json.dumps(data), timeout = 3600).read())
 print(response)
 tmId = int(response['newTmId'])
-print "Added new tm: %d" % tmId
+print("Added new tm: %d" % tmId)
 
 data = {
     'operation': 'addSentences',
@@ -76,23 +78,26 @@ data = {
 
 examples = []
 start = time.time()
-with open(sourceFile) as source_file, open(lemmatizedSourceFile) as lemmatized_source_file, open(targetFile) as target_file, open(alignmentsFile) as alignments_file, open(sourceIdsFile) as source_ids_file:
+with codecs.open(sourceFile, "r", "utf-8") as source_file, codecs.open(lemmatizedSourceFile, "r", "utf-8") as lemmatized_source_file, codecs.open(targetFile, "r", "utf-8") as target_file, open(alignmentsFile) as alignments_file, open(sourceIdsFile) as source_ids_file:
     addedCount = 0
     for lineNumber in range(sourceFileLength):
         if lineNumber % LEAVE_OUT == 0:
-            sourceSentence = source_file.readline().strip()
-            lemmatizedSourceSentence = lemmatized_source_file.readline().strip()
-            targetSentence = target_file.readline().strip()
+            sourceSentence = source_file.readline().strip().encode('utf-8')
+            lemmatizedSourceSentence = lemmatized_source_file.readline().strip().encode('utf-8')
+            targetSentence = target_file.readline().strip().encode('utf-8')
             alignment = json.loads(alignments_file.readline().strip())
             sourceId = int(source_ids_file.readline().strip())
 
+            #print(sourceSentence)
+            #print(lemmatizedSourceSentence)
+            #print(targetSentence)
             examples.append([sourceSentence, lemmatizedSourceSentence, targetSentence, alignment, sourceId])
             addedCount += 1
             if len(examples) >= BUFFER_SIZE:
                 data['examples'] = examples
                 add_examples(data)
                 mark = time.time()
-                print "Added %d of %d lemmatized examples. Time elapsed: %.4f s, current speed: %.4f examples/second" % (addedCount, totalExamples, mark-start, addedCount/(mark-start))
+                print("Added %d of %d lemmatized examples. Time elapsed: %.4f s, current speed: %.4f examples/second" % (addedCount, totalExamples, mark-start, addedCount/(mark-start)))
                 examples = []
 
 
@@ -101,9 +106,9 @@ if len(examples) > 0:
     add_examples(data)
 
 end = time.time()
-print "Added all %d lemmatized sentences. Time elapsed: %.4f s, overall speed: %.4f sentences/second" % (addedCount, end-start, addedCount/(end-start))
+print("Added all %d lemmatized sentences. Time elapsed: %.4f s, overall speed: %.4f sentences/second" % (addedCount, end-start, addedCount/(end-start)))
 
-print "Generating index..."
+print("Generating index...")
 start = time.time()
 data = {
     'operation': 'refreshIndex',
@@ -114,4 +119,4 @@ req.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/json')
 urllib2.urlopen(req, json.dumps(data), timeout = 3600).read()
 
 end = time.time()
-print "Index regeneration complete. The operation took %.4f s" % (end - start)
+print("Index regeneration complete. The operation took %.4f s" % (end - start))
diff --git a/tests/addFastAlignedTM.sh b/tests/addFastAlignedTM.sh
index 5a079a6..9229096 100755
--- a/tests/addFastAlignedTM.sh
+++ b/tests/addFastAlignedTM.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-CORPUS_NAME=opensubtitles
-CORPUS_PATH=../fast-aligner/corpora/$CORPUS_NAME
+CORPUS_NAME=opensubtitles_sample
+CORPUS_PATH=./$CORPUS_NAME
 SRC_LANG_ID=1
 TRG_LANG_ID=2
 
diff --git a/todo b/todo
index 22d25a1..1a24757 100644
--- a/todo
+++ b/todo
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-1. Change db settings in CMakeLists.txt in concordia-server repo
-2. Rebuild docker-compose and check if concordia-server connects to db via internal "docker-compose" network
-3. do not expose concordia-postgres ports if the above works
-4. Move scripts in the tests folder of concordia-server repo to the concordia-docker. Adjust them accordingly (host, port)
-5. sort out the lemmagen
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+DONE 1. Change db settings in CMakeLists.txt in concordia-server repo
+DONE 2. Rebuild docker-compose and check if concordia-server connects to db via internal "docker-compose" network
+DONE 3. do not expose concordia-postgres ports if the above works
+DONE 4. Move scripts in the tests folder of concordia-server repo to the concordia-docker. Adjust them accordingly (host, port)
+DONE 5. sort out the lemmagen
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