diff --git a/src/web/survey.py b/src/web/survey.py
index 24cc0aa..5d48cae 100755
--- a/src/web/survey.py
+++ b/src/web/survey.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class Thanks:
         with open("./submissions/%s/ident" % user_id,'w') as ident:
             for key in ["name","email","country","public","comments"]:
                 if web_input.has_key(key):
-                    ident.write("%s: %s\n" % (key,web_input[key]))
+                    ident.write("%s: %s\n" % (key,web_input[key].encode("utf-8")))
         return render.thanks_id()
 
 class Package:
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libgit2 0.21.2