diff --git a/wcsinst/wcsinstd/deploy.py b/wcsinst/wcsinstd/deploy.py
index fcf74c6..92eb814 100644
--- a/wcsinst/wcsinstd/deploy.py
+++ b/wcsinst/wcsinstd/deploy.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class DeployInstance(object):
         self.skel_dir = os.path.join(settings.MEDIA_ROOT, 'skeletons', self.skeleton)
 
         url_template = app_settings.URL_TEMPLATE
-        self.url = url_template % {'domain': self.domain}
+        self.url = str(url_template % {'domain': self.domain})
 
         host, path = urlparse(self.url)[1:3]
         if path.endswith('/'):
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ class DeployInstance(object):
             wcs_cfg['sp'] = {
                     'common_domain': None,
                     'common_domain_getter_url': None,
-                    'organization_name': '%s' % self.title,
+                    'organization_name': self.title.encode('utf-8'),
                     'privatekey': 'private-key.pem',
                     'publickey': 'public-key.pem'}
             wcs_cfg['sp'].update(service_provider_configuration)