diff --git a/Cura/cura_sf/fabmetheus_utilities/settings.py b/Cura/cura_sf/fabmetheus_utilities/settings.py
index bbc9ff39..0e053c86 100644
--- a/Cura/cura_sf/fabmetheus_utilities/settings.py
+++ b/Cura/cura_sf/fabmetheus_utilities/settings.py
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ def getAlterationLines(fileName):
 	return archive.getTextLines(getAlterationFile(fileName))
 
 def getAlterationFile(fileName):
-	return profile.getAlterationFileContents(fileName)
+	return unicode(profile.getAlterationFileContents(fileName)).encode("utf-8")
 
 ####################################
 ## Configuration settings classes ##