diff --git a/db/db.py b/db/db.py
index 43e99e0..381ac84 100644
--- a/db/db.py
+++ b/db/db.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ for song in result:
     else:
         artist = 'yes'
 
-    song = song['song'].lower()
+    song = unicode(song['song']).lower()
 
     print '\t', artist, '-', song