diff --git a/symposion/proposals/forms.py b/symposion/proposals/forms.py
index 91c7e0042bc4ba5cd8a99af80e181d550ca4c347..ff857a3c36179a0cfd77cb1503a31a0ed8f8803b 100644
--- a/symposion/proposals/forms.py
+++ b/symposion/proposals/forms.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from django import forms
 from django.db.models import Q