1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/git-bz b/git-bz
index d5248e4..754032b 100755
--- a/git-bz
+++ b/git-bz
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ def edit_template(template):
 
     handle, filename = tempfile.mkstemp(".txt", "git-bz-")
     f = os.fdopen(handle, "w")
-    f.write(template)
+    f.write(template.encode("UTF-8"))
     f.close()
 
     edit_file(filename)