1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/pastepy.py b/pastepy.py
index 0451f68..10b82a5 100644
--- a/pastepy.py
+++ b/pastepy.py
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ class Paste(object):
 			session.close()
 
 		self.start_response('200 OK', [('Content-Type', 'text/plain')])
-		return [str(paste.text)]
+		return [paste.text.encode('utf8')]
 
 	def highlight_stylesheet(self):
 		self.start_response('200 OK', [('Content-Type', 'text/css')])