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--- a/src/mediaserver/cdplugins/pycommon/upmplgutils.py
+++ b/src/mediaserver/cdplugins/pycommon/upmplgutils.py
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@
 
 
 def uplog(s):
+    if not type(s) == type(u''):
+        s = s.decode('utf-8', errors='replace')
     print(("%s: %s" % (_idprefix, s)).encode('utf-8',errors='replace'),
           file=sys.stderr)
-