1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/pastepy.py b/pastepy.py
index dae4dd9..9ad21de 100644
--- a/pastepy.py
+++ b/pastepy.py
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class Paste(object):
 			except: # No cache found, generate it.
 				paste = session.query(db.Paste).filter_by(hash = hash).one()
 				try:
-					lexername, text = get_formatted(paste.syntax, paste.text)
+					lexername, text = get_formatted(paste.syntax, paste.text if type(str) == unicode else paste.text.decode('utf8'))
 				except:
 					return self.message('Could not find the lexer "%s".' % paste.syntax, 'Error')
 				cache = db.Cache(hash, lexername, text)