From b9a901594a4be3bc01b318ba489f406f7796ae63 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ThomasV <thomasv@electrum.org>
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2016 09:25:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix unicode issue #1717

---
 gui/kivy/uix/screens.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gui/kivy/uix/screens.py b/gui/kivy/uix/screens.py
index 7abd9e61..b09d8c18 100644
--- a/gui/kivy/uix/screens.py
+++ b/gui/kivy/uix/screens.py
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ class ReceiveScreen(CScreen):
     def save_request(self):
         addr = str(self.screen.address)
         amount = str(self.screen.amount)
-        message = str(self.screen.message)
+        message = unicode(self.screen.message)
         amount = self.app.get_amount(amount) if amount else 0
         req = self.app.wallet.make_payment_request(addr, amount, message, None)
         self.app.wallet.add_payment_request(req, self.app.electrum_config)