diff --git a/wcs/qommon/form.py b/wcs/qommon/form.py
index 782e7c79f..2400ac094 100644
--- a/wcs/qommon/form.py
+++ b/wcs/qommon/form.py
@@ -1488,7 +1488,7 @@ class WysiwygTextWidget(TextWidget):
             parser = HTMLParser()
             charset = get_publisher().site_charset
             def unquote_django(matchobj):
-                return parser.unescape(force_text(matchobj.group(0), charset)).encode(charset)
+                return force_str(parser.unescape(force_text(matchobj.group(0), charset)))
             self.value = re.sub('{[{%](.*?)[%}]}', unquote_django, self.value)
 
     def add_media(self):