1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index 304b843..9e38105 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python2
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-import magic, os
+import magic, os, sys
 
 from fit import Fit
 from flask import Flask, render_template, request, flash, redirect, url_for
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ from werkzeug import secure_filename
 from datetime import date
 
 
+# set default encoding to utf-8, otherwise pygit2 can not handle umlauts
+reload(sys)
+sys.setdefaultencoding('utf-8')
+
 app = Flask(__name__)
 app.config.from_pyfile('settings.py')
 
@@ -25,7 +29,7 @@ for i, study in enumerate(app.config['STUDIES'].items()):
   for module in fit[abbr].get_modules():
     # check if module is already listed
     if all(map(lambda (k,v): v != module, modules)):
-      slug = module.encode('ascii', errors='ignore')
+      slug = module.decode('ascii', errors='ignore')
       app.config['STUDIES'][study[0]].append((slug, module))
 
 class UploadForm(Form):
@@ -85,7 +89,7 @@ def upload(study, module = None):
 
       year = form.year.data
       filename = secure_filename(form.exam.data.filename)
-      path = os.path.join(module,year,filename).encode('ascii', errors='ignore')
+      path = os.path.join(module,year,filename)
 
       try:
         oid =  fit[study].add_file(form.exam.data.stream.getvalue(), path)