From de535be5fc0003d7556837542e42908cc7ccd686 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Maran <maran.hidskes@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2015 16:09:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Cast ByteArray to string. Fixes #1259

---
 gui/qt/main_window.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gui/qt/main_window.py b/gui/qt/main_window.py
index 94846f54..b6154b62 100644
--- a/gui/qt/main_window.py
+++ b/gui/qt/main_window.py
@@ -1200,7 +1200,7 @@ class ElectrumWindow(QMainWindow):
         if not URI:
             return
         try:
-            address, amount, label, message, request_url = util.parse_URI(URI)
+            address, amount, label, message, request_url = util.parse_URI(unicode(URI))
         except Exception as e:
             QMessageBox.warning(self, _('Error'), _('Invalid bitcoin URI:') + '\n' + str(e), _('OK'))
             return