diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 56a7b4c67..2803ea861 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2006-12-19  Alex Roitman  <shura@gramps-project.org>
+	* src/PluginUtils/_Options.py (save): Use unicode, not str.
+
 2006-12-18  Alex Roitman  <shura@gramps-project.org>
 	* src/PluginUtils/_Options.py (save): Escape special characters.
 
diff --git a/src/PluginUtils/_Options.py b/src/PluginUtils/_Options.py
index 674707fd2..6ece552eb 100644
--- a/src/PluginUtils/_Options.py
+++ b/src/PluginUtils/_Options.py
@@ -206,12 +206,12 @@ class OptionListCollection:
                     for list_index in range(len(options[option_name])):
                         f.write('    <listitem number="%d" value="%s"/>\n' % (
                                 list_index,
-                                escape(str(options[option_name][list_index]))) )
+                                escape(unicode(options[option_name][list_index]))) )
                     f.write('  </option>\n')
                 else:
                     f.write('  <option name="%s" value="%s"/>\n' % (
                             escape(option_name),
-                            escape(str(options[option_name]))) )
+                            escape(unicode(options[option_name]))) )
 
             self.write_module_common(f,option_list)