diff --git a/symposion/views.py b/symposion/views.py
index 68e4055909080b8e9d9c924c31c0f3407e91f07c..3b5882d4ff8163f797fbf6b99f27bcae8ccf9476 100644
--- a/symposion/views.py
+++ b/symposion/views.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import hashlib
 import random