diff --git a/UltiSnips/all.snippets b/UltiSnips/all.snippets
index e2700c8..1a06dcb 100644
--- a/UltiSnips/all.snippets
+++ b/UltiSnips/all.snippets
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Kenneth Benzie (Benie) <k.benzie83@gmail.com>
 endsnippet
 
 global !p
-comment=vim.current.buffer.options['commentstring'].strip()
+comment=vim.current.buffer.options['commentstring'].decode('utf-8').strip()
 
 def commentbefore():
 	commentbefore = comment[0:comment.find('%s')].strip()