--- a/ForgeDiscussion/forgediscussion/utils.py
+++ b/ForgeDiscussion/forgediscussion/utils.py
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@
description=new_forum['description']
f = DM.Forum(app_config_id=app.config._id,
parent_id=parent_id,
- name=h.really_unicode(new_forum['name']).encode('utf-8'),
- shortname=h.really_unicode(shortname).encode('utf-8'),
- description=h.really_unicode(description).encode('utf-8'))
+ name=h.really_unicode(new_forum['name']),
+ shortname=h.really_unicode(shortname),
+ description=h.really_unicode(description))
if 'icon' in new_forum and new_forum['icon'] is not None and new_forum['icon'] != '':
save_forum_icon(f, new_forum['icon'])
return f