diff --git a/tabellio/webviews/deputy.py b/tabellio/webviews/deputy.py
index fb36735..36e4fec 100644
--- a/tabellio/webviews/deputy.py
+++ b/tabellio/webviews/deputy.py
@@ -355,7 +355,10 @@ class CsvView(BrowserView):
             else:
                 row.append(None)
             if object.polgroup:
-                row.append(object.polgroup.to_object.title)
+                polgroup_name = object.polgroup.to_object.title
+                if type(polgroup_name) is unicode:
+                    polgroup_name = polgroup_name.encode('utf-8')
+                row.append(polgroup_name)
             else:
                 row.append(None)
             row.extend(address_as_csv(object.private_address))