diff --git a/app/ingest.py b/app/ingest.py
index 9bd6384..af4f68c 100644
--- a/app/ingest.py
+++ b/app/ingest.py
@@ -92,6 +92,34 @@ def _hash_raw(payload: dict) -> bytes:
     return hashlib.sha256(_canonical_json(payload)).digest()
 
 
+def _has_nul(obj) -> bool:
+    """Szybki rekurencyjny check na NUL byte (U+0000) w stringach. Short-circuituje,
+    więc dla czystych rekordów (99.99%) zero narzutu poza tanim spacerem."""
+    if isinstance(obj, str):
+        return "\x00" in obj
+    if isinstance(obj, dict):
+        return any(_has_nul(k) or _has_nul(v) for k, v in obj.items())
+    if isinstance(obj, list):
+        return any(_has_nul(v) for v in obj)
+    return False
+
+
+def _strip_nul(obj):
+    """Rekurencyjnie usuwa NUL byte (U+0000) ze stringów (wartości i klucze dict).
+
+    Postgres JSONB/text NIE umie przechowywać `\\u0000` (DataError UntranslatableCharacter,
+    GOON-Z 2026-06-11: TPDB podał alias performera "Ramon\\u0000..."). Strip przed hash +
+    insert ORAZ przed normalize (aliasy → kolumny TEXT), żeby cała scena/film weszły do
+    ingestu zamiast się wywalić."""
+    if isinstance(obj, str):
+        return obj.replace("\x00", "") if "\x00" in obj else obj
+    if isinstance(obj, dict):
+        return {_strip_nul(k): _strip_nul(v) for k, v in obj.items()}
+    if isinstance(obj, list):
+        return [_strip_nul(v) for v in obj]
+    return obj
+
+
 def get_or_create_source(
     session: Session, *, kind: SourceKind, name: str, base_url: str | None = None
 ) -> Source:
@@ -241,6 +269,12 @@ def ingest_from_connector(
 
 def _process_scene(*, source_id: uuid.UUID, raw_scene: RawScene, counters: dict[str, int]) -> None:
     payload = raw_scene.raw or raw_scene.model_dump(mode="json")
+    if _has_nul(payload):
+        # Strip NUL z payloadu (→ external_records.raw JSONB) ORAZ ze structured fields
+        # (→ normalize_scene → kolumny TEXT performera/aliasów). Inaczej insert pada na
+        # UntranslatableCharacter i scena nigdy nie wchodzi (GOON-Z).
+        payload = _strip_nul(payload)
+        raw_scene = raw_scene.model_validate(_strip_nul(raw_scene.model_dump()))
     raw_hash = _hash_raw(payload)
     now = datetime.now(UTC)
 
@@ -363,6 +397,9 @@ def ingest_movies_from_connector(
 
 def _process_movie(*, source_id: uuid.UUID, raw_movie: RawMovie, counters: dict[str, int]) -> None:
     payload = raw_movie.raw or raw_movie.model_dump(mode="json")
+    if _has_nul(payload):
+        payload = _strip_nul(payload)
+        raw_movie = raw_movie.model_validate(_strip_nul(raw_movie.model_dump()))
     raw_hash = _hash_raw(payload)
     now = datetime.now(UTC)