---
 butterfly/aliasing.py |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: b/butterfly/aliasing.py
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--- a/butterfly/aliasing.py
+++ b/butterfly/aliasing.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class ButterflyAliasing(
                 self.msn_client.address_book.\
                     update_contact_infos(contact, infos)
             else:
-                self.msn_client.profile.display_name = alias
+                self.msn_client.profile.display_name = alias.encode('utf-8')
                 logger.info("Self alias changed to '%s'" % alias)
                 self.AliasesChanged(((ButterflyHandleFactory(self, 'self'), alias), ))