1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/padlite.py b/padlite.py
index 0635937..60f9178 100644
--- a/padlite.py
+++ b/padlite.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class PadLite:
     def _apiCall(self, url, **kwargs):
         conn = self._getConnection()
 
-        args = dict((k,v) for k,v in kwargs.iteritems() if v is not None)
+        args = dict((k.encode('utf-8'), v.encode('utf-8')) for k,v in kwargs.iteritems() if v is not None)
         args['apikey'] = self._apikey
         conn.request('GET', '%s?%s' % (url, urllib.urlencode(args)))