X-Git-Url: http://git.maemo.org/git/?p=python-purple;a=blobdiff_plain;f=buddy.pyx;h=843069f0eade181f659bfebce69ce7f077bf9686;hp=3ccc1001c86a50e33d189935edd8bbeaa5386d79;hb=3d5b083b2e92e574494141cc17c47200e39bcb59;hpb=9dba02b95bb6bf55147c51fca9477a3d9ae4b3f0

diff --git a/buddy.pyx b/buddy.pyx
index 3ccc100..843069f 100644
--- a/buddy.pyx
+++ b/buddy.pyx
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ cdef class Buddy:
         c_alias = <char *> blist.purple_buddy_get_alias_only( \
                 self._get_structure())
         if c_alias:
-            return c_alias
+            return unicode(c_alias, 'utf-8')
         else:
             return None
     alias = property(__get_alias)