From 588f0988171216ed4f6e0c681c869f17f7bfd62d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kaalleen <36401965+kaalleen@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 22:05:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] encode exception header (#675)

---
 inkstitch.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/inkstitch.py b/inkstitch.py
index ff8f6c303..58d0f434f 100644
--- a/inkstitch.py
+++ b/inkstitch.py
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ else:
             print >> sys.stderr, shapely_errors.getvalue()
 
     if exception:
-        print >> sys.stderr, _("Ink/Stitch experienced an unexpected error.")
+        print >> sys.stderr, _("Ink/Stitch experienced an unexpected error.").encode("UTF-8")
         print >> sys.stderr, _("If you'd like to help, please file an issue at "
                                "https://github.com/inkstitch/inkstitch/issues "
-                               "and include the entire error description below:"), "\n"
+                               "and include the entire error description below:").encode("UTF-8"), "\n"
         print >> sys.stderr, exception
         sys.exit(1)
     else: