diff --git a/gameview.py b/gameview.py
index bb8dd59..8850f7d 100644
--- a/gameview.py
+++ b/gameview.py
@@ -2012,8 +2012,8 @@ class GUI(QtGui.QWidget):
                 id = str(i)
                 inifile.add_section(id)
                 if isinstance(evi[0], QtCore.QString):
-                    inifile.set(id, "name", evi[0].replace('\n', '\\n'))
-                    inifile.set(id, "description", evi[1].replace('\n', '\\n'))
+                    inifile.set(id, "name", evi[0].replace('\n', '\\n').toUtf8())
+                    inifile.set(id, "description", evi[1].replace('\n', '\\n').toUtf8())
                     inifile.set(id, "image", evi[2])
                 else:
                     inifile.set(id, "name", evi[0].replace('\n', '\\n').encode('utf-8'))