diff --git a/src/common/logger.py b/src/common/logger.py
index 16e3dc2313700fa0deb65f5eb87872c25b630fe9..42cf5f2697c964ee1df5e603decc7bd55f5ad8c8 100644
--- a/src/common/logger.py
+++ b/src/common/logger.py
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
 		# win9x, ./logs
 		LOGPATH = 'Logs'
 
+LOGPATH = LOGPATH.decode(sys.getfilesystemencoding())
+
 class Logger:
 	def __init__(self):
 		dot_gajim = os.path.dirname(LOGPATH)