diff --git a/symposion/proposals/apps.py b/symposion/proposals/apps.py
index 9a31752564848a9a935f9d5a1ba0c99155d8e1b6..e0adc66dd365599718ad915ccb4f582476009282 100644
--- a/symposion/proposals/apps.py
+++ b/symposion/proposals/apps.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from django.apps import AppConfig