diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b7a22e4..59aca0e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2010-04-08  Thomas Vander Stichele  <thomas at apestaart dot org>
+
+	* morituri/rip/image.py:
+	  Fix problem to encode from files with unicode chars.
+
 2010-04-08  Thomas Vander Stichele  <thomas at apestaart dot org>
 
 	* morituri/program/cdparanoia.py:
diff --git a/morituri/rip/image.py b/morituri/rip/image.py
index 18d7f79..0ff3732 100644
--- a/morituri/rip/image.py
+++ b/morituri/rip/image.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class Encode(logcommand.LogCommand):
         runner = task.SyncRunner()
 
         for arg in args:
-            arg = unicode(arg)
+            arg = arg.decode('utf-8')
             indir = os.path.dirname(arg)
             cueImage = image.Image(arg)
             cueImage.setup(runner)