diff --git a/symposion/schedule/apps.py b/symposion/schedule/apps.py
index 03773bdc45fa59a305e61e0a2cddb2ba268457e3..d1c0ecb0fbb7d0bbfd57c5592d3d0cd98160ba46 100644
--- a/symposion/schedule/apps.py
+++ b/symposion/schedule/apps.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from django.apps import AppConfig