1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/pastepy.py b/pastepy.py
index c24fcf8..1aab7df 100644
--- a/pastepy.py
+++ b/pastepy.py
@@ -66,16 +66,16 @@ class Paste(object):
 			}))]
 
 	def add_paste(self, mp):
-		nick = mp['nick'].value
-		syntax = mp['syntax'].value or None
-		title = mp['title'].value
-		text = mp['text'].value
+		nick = mp['nick'].value.decode('utf8') or None
+		syntax = mp['syntax'].value.decode('utf8') or None
+		title = mp['title'].value.decode('utf8') or None
+		text = mp['text'].value.decode('utf8') or None
 
 		hash = ''.join(random.choice(base62_alphabet) for x in xrange(5))
 
 		try:
 			session = db.Session()
-			paste = db.Paste(hash, nick.decode('utf8'), datetime.datetime.utcnow(), syntax.decode('utf8') if syntax else None, title.decode('utf8'), text.decode('utf8'))
+			paste = db.Paste(hash, nick, datetime.datetime.utcnow(), syntax, title, text)
 			session.add(paste)
 			session.commit()
 		finally: