diff --git a/symposion/conference/apps.py b/symposion/conference/apps.py
index d7759eebf21792b57fb258c5bb062e882d9a79de..b9e64c13a06ae0441cfb24a42ba477146095c26b 100644
--- a/symposion/conference/apps.py
+++ b/symposion/conference/apps.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from django.apps import AppConfig