diff --git a/symposion/proposals/views.py b/symposion/proposals/views.py
index 46c3c1c6d3def36213be7eae52b1bec7c365b902..28ce6f679fcef9559cfd63e4d01e51b6f275842b 100644
--- a/symposion/proposals/views.py
+++ b/symposion/proposals/views.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import hashlib
 import random
 import sys