diff --git a/invesalius/reader/dicom.py b/invesalius/reader/dicom.py
index 295cbc6..5fc18b2 100644
--- a/invesalius/reader/dicom.py
+++ b/invesalius/reader/dicom.py
@@ -186,14 +186,21 @@ class Parser():
 
         filename = path.abspath(filename)
 
+        var_file = open("c:\\arquivo.txt","w")
+        var_file.write(filename)
+        var_file.close()
+        #print type(filename)
+        #print filename
+        #print filename
+        #print "____________"
         if path.isfile(filename):
             # Several information can be acquired from DICOM using
             # vtkgdcm.vtkGDCMImageReader.GetMedicalImageProperties()
             # but some tags (such as spacing) can only be achieved
             # with gdcm.ImageReader()
-
             # used to parse DICOM files - similar to vtkDICOMParser
             gdcm_reader = gdcm.ImageReader()
+            #filename = filename.encode('utf-8')
 
             gdcm_reader.SetFileName(filename)
 
diff --git a/invesalius/reader/dicom_reader.py b/invesalius/reader/dicom_reader.py
index d1059fe..93eebea 100644
--- a/invesalius/reader/dicom_reader.py
+++ b/invesalius/reader/dicom_reader.py
@@ -32,14 +32,14 @@ import dicom_grouper
 import session
 
 def ReadDicomGroup(dir_):
-    
+
     patient_group = GetDicomGroups(dir_)
     if len(patient_group) > 0:
         filelist, dicom, zspacing = SelectLargerDicomGroup(patient_group)
         filelist = SortFiles(filelist, dicom)
         size = dicom.image.size
         bits = dicom.image.bits_allocad
-        
+
         imagedata = CreateImageData(filelist, zspacing, size, bits)
         session.Session().project_status = const.NEW_PROJECT
         return imagedata, dicom
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def SelectLargerDicomGroup(patient_group):
             if group.nslices > maxslices:
                 maxslices = group.nslices
                 larger_group = group
-    
+
     return larger_group
 
 def SortFiles(filelist, dicom):
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ def yGetDicomGroups(directory, recursive=True, gui=True):
     else:
         dirpath, dirnames, filenames = os.walk(directory)
         nfiles = len(filenames)
-    
+
     counter = 0
     grouper = dicom_grouper.DicomPatientGrouper()
     q = Queue.Queue()
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ def yGetDicomGroups(directory, recursive=True, gui=True):
     if recursive:
         for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(directory):
             for name in filenames:
-                filepath = str(os.path.join(dirpath, name))
+                filepath = os.path.join(dirpath, name).encode('latin-1')
                 counter += 1
                 if gui:
                     yield (counter,nfiles)
@@ -156,10 +156,10 @@ class ProgressDicomReader:
     def CancelLoad(self, evt_pubsub):
         self.running = False
         self.stoped = True
-        
+
     def SetWindowEvent(self, frame):
         self.frame = frame
-        
+
     def SetDirectoryPath(self, path,recursive=True):
         self.running = True
         self.stoped = False
@@ -172,14 +172,14 @@ class ProgressDicomReader:
         ps.Publisher().sendMessage("End dicom load", patient_list)
 
     def GetDicomGroups(self, path, recursive):
-    
+
         if not const.VTK_WARNING:
             log_path = os.path.join(const.LOG_FOLDER, 'vtkoutput.txt')
             fow = vtk.vtkFileOutputWindow()
             fow.SetFileName(log_path)
             ow = vtk.vtkOutputWindow()
             ow.SetInstance(fow)
-        
+
         y = yGetDicomGroups(path, recursive)
         for value_progress in y:
             if not self.running:
diff --git a/invesalius/session.py b/invesalius/session.py
index f292656..3a3a077 100644
--- a/invesalius/session.py
+++ b/invesalius/session.py
@@ -118,10 +118,10 @@ class Session(object):
         config.add_section('paths')
         config.set('paths','homedir',self.homedir)
         config.set('paths','tempdir',self.tempdir)
-        config.set('paths','last_dicom_folder',self.last_dicom_folder)
+        config.set('paths','last_dicom_folder',self.last_dicom_folder.encode('utf-8'))
         path = os.path.join(self.homedir ,
                             '.invesalius', 'config.cfg')
-        
+
         configfile = open(path, 'wb')
         config.write(configfile)
         configfile.close()
@@ -185,6 +185,11 @@ class Session(object):
             self.homedir = config.get('paths','homedir')
             self.tempdir = config.get('paths','tempdir')
             self.last_dicom_folder = config.get('paths','last_dicom_folder')
+            self.last_dicom_folder = self.last_dicom_folder.decode('utf-8')
+            #print "_______________________________"
+            #print self.last_dicom_folder
+            #print type(self.last_dicom_folder)
+            #print "_______________________________"
             return True
         except(ConfigParser.NoSectionError,
                 ConfigParser.NoOptionError,
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