diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/pom.xml b/qqq-backend-core/pom.xml
index 63a24365..2b0530f7 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-core/pom.xml
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/pom.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,11 @@
          <artifactId>aws-java-sdk-secretsmanager</artifactId>
          <version>1.12.385</version>
       </dependency>
-
+      <dependency>
+         <groupId>com.ibm.icu</groupId>
+         <artifactId>icu4j</artifactId>
+         <version>77.1</version>
+      </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
          <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/utils/StringUtils.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/utils/StringUtils.java
index 27a369c5..ae01b7af 100755
--- a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/utils/StringUtils.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/utils/StringUtils.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+import com.ibm.icu.text.Transliterator;
 
 
 /*******************************************************************************
@@ -462,6 +463,17 @@ public class StringUtils
 
 
 
+   /***************************************************************************
+    **
+    ***************************************************************************/
+   public static String replaceNonAsciiCharacters(String s)
+   {
+      Transliterator transliterator = Transliterator.getInstance("Any-Latin; Latin-ASCII");
+      return (transliterator.transliterate(s));
+   }
+
+
+
    /***************************************************************************
     **
     ***************************************************************************/
diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/utils/Timer.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/utils/Timer.java
index 455b4cc8..0abe77cb 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/utils/Timer.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/utils/Timer.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 package com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.utils;
 
 
+import java.time.Duration;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.logging.QLogger;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Level;
 
@@ -79,9 +80,36 @@ public class Timer
     **
     *******************************************************************************/
    public void mark(String message)
+   {
+      mark(message, false);
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public void mark(String message, boolean prettyPrint)
    {
       long now = System.currentTimeMillis();
-      LOG.log(level, String.format("%s: Last [%5d] Total [%5d] %s", name, (now - last), (now - start), message));
+
+      if(!prettyPrint)
+      {
+         LOG.log(level, String.format("%s: Last [%5d] Total [%5d] %s", name, (now - last), (now - start), message));
+      }
+      else
+      {
+
+         Duration lastDuration  = Duration.ofMillis(now - last);
+         Duration totalDuration = Duration.ofMillis(now - start);
+
+         LOG.log(level, String.format(
+            "%s: Last [%d hours, %d minutes, %d seconds, %d milliseconds] Total [%d hours, %d minutes, %d seconds, %d milliseconds] %s",
+            name, lastDuration.toHours(), lastDuration.toMinutesPart(), lastDuration.toSecondsPart(), lastDuration.toMillisPart(),
+            totalDuration.toHours(), totalDuration.toMinutesPart(), totalDuration.toSecondsPart(), totalDuration.toMillisPart(),
+            message));
+      }
+
       last = now;
    }
 }