diff --git a/file_list.py b/file_list.py
index 87c33c7..bd38869 100755
--- a/file_list.py
+++ b/file_list.py
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ def get_folder_contents(db,path):
     files=[]
     db.execute("SELECT file FROM list where file LIKE ?",(path+'%',))
     for row in db:
-        base=unicode(row[0],'UTf-8').replace(path,'',1)
+        base=row[0].decode('utf-8').replace(path,'',1)
         if base.find('/')==-1:
             files.append(base)
     return files