diff --git a/src/Mod/Draft/DraftGui.py b/src/Mod/Draft/DraftGui.py
index b5efa59688..f3ee3d7b5e 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Draft/DraftGui.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Draft/DraftGui.py
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ class todo:
         todo.itinerary = []
         if todo.commitlist:
             for name,func in todo.commitlist:
+                if isinstance(name,unicode):
+                    name = name.encode("utf8")
                 #print("debug: committing ",str(name))
                 try:
                     name = str(name)