diff --git a/daemon.py b/daemon.py
index 6098d73f..22f40d18 100644
--- a/daemon.py
+++ b/daemon.py
@@ -982,7 +982,7 @@ class PubServer(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
                 imageDescription=self.path.split('?desc=')[1]
                 if '?' in imageDescription:
                     imageDescription=imageDescription.split('?')[0]            
-            msg=htmlFullScreenImage(imageFilename,imageDescription)
+            msg=htmlFullScreenImage(imageFilename,imageDescription).encode('utf-8')
             self._set_headers('text/html',len(msg),cookie)
             self._write(msg)
             self.server.GETbusy=False