diff --git a/agents/rhevm/fence_rhevm.py b/agents/rhevm/fence_rhevm.py
index 2a5107cc..a1cdaf60 100644
--- a/agents/rhevm/fence_rhevm.py
+++ b/agents/rhevm/fence_rhevm.py
@@ -1,208 +1,208 @@
 #!@PYTHON@ -tt
 
 import sys, re
 import pycurl, io
 import logging
 import atexit
 sys.path.append("@FENCEAGENTSLIBDIR@")
 from fencing import *
 from fencing import fail, EC_FETCH_VM_UUID, run_delay
 
 RE_GET_ID = re.compile("<vm( .*)? id=\"(.*?)\"", re.IGNORECASE)
 RE_STATUS = re.compile("<state>(.*?)</state>", re.IGNORECASE)
 RE_GET_NAME = re.compile("<name>(.*?)</name>", re.IGNORECASE)
 
 def get_power_status(conn, options):
 	del conn
 
 	### Obtain real ID from name
 	res = send_command(options, "vms/?search=name%3D" + options["--plug"])
 
 	result = RE_GET_ID.search(res)
 	if result == None:
 		# Unable to obtain ID needed to access virtual machine
 		fail(EC_FETCH_VM_UUID)
 
 	options["id"] = result.group(2)
 
 	result = RE_STATUS.search(res)
 	if result == None:
 		# We were able to parse ID so output is correct
 		# in some cases it is possible that RHEV-M output does not
 		# contain <status> line. We can assume machine is OFF then
 		return "off"
 	else:
 		status = result.group(1)
 
 	if status.lower() == "down":
 		return "off"
 	else:
 		return "on"
 
 def set_power_status(conn, options):
 	del conn
 	action = {
 		'on' : "start",
 		'off' : "stop"
 	}[options["--action"]]
 
 	url = "vms/" + options["id"] + "/" + action
 	send_command(options, url, "POST")
 
 def get_list(conn, options):
 	del conn
 	outlets = {}
 
 	try:
 		res = send_command(options, "vms")
 
 		lines = res.split("<vm ")
 		for i in range(1, len(lines)):
 			name = RE_GET_NAME.search(lines[i]).group(1)
 			status = RE_STATUS.search(lines[i]).group(1)
 			outlets[name] = ("", status)
 	except AttributeError:
 		return {}
 	except IndexError:
 		return {}
 
 	return outlets
 
 def send_command(opt, command, method="GET"):
 	## setup correct URL
 	if "--ssl" in opt or "--ssl-secure" in opt or "--ssl-insecure" in opt:
 		url = "https:"
 	else:
 		url = "http:"
 	if "--api-path" in opt:
 		api_path = opt["--api-path"]
 	else:
 		api_path = "/ovirt-engine/api"
 	if "--disable-http-filter" in opt:
 		http_filter = 'false'
 	else:
 		http_filter = 'true'
 
 	url += "//" + opt["--ip"] + ":" + str(opt["--ipport"]) + api_path + "/" + command
 
 	## send command through pycurl
 	conn = pycurl.Curl()
 	web_buffer = io.BytesIO()
-	conn.setopt(pycurl.URL, url.encode("ascii"))
+	conn.setopt(pycurl.URL, url.encode("UTF-8"))
 	conn.setopt(pycurl.HTTPHEADER, [
 		"Version: 3",
 		"Content-type: application/xml",
 		"Accept: application/xml",
 		"Prefer: persistent-auth",
 		"Filter: {}".format(http_filter),
 	])
 
 	if "cookie" in opt:
 		conn.setopt(pycurl.COOKIE, opt["cookie"])
 	else:
 		conn.setopt(pycurl.HTTPAUTH, pycurl.HTTPAUTH_BASIC)
 		conn.setopt(pycurl.USERPWD, opt["--username"] + ":" + opt["--password"])
 		if "--use-cookies" in opt:
 			conn.setopt(pycurl.COOKIEFILE, "")
 
 	conn.setopt(pycurl.TIMEOUT, int(opt["--shell-timeout"]))
 	if "--ssl" in opt or "--ssl-secure" in opt:
 		conn.setopt(pycurl.SSL_VERIFYPEER, 1)
 		conn.setopt(pycurl.SSL_VERIFYHOST, 2)
 
 	if "--ssl-insecure" in opt:
 		conn.setopt(pycurl.SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0)
 		conn.setopt(pycurl.SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0)
 
 	if method == "POST":
 		conn.setopt(pycurl.POSTFIELDS, "<action />")
 
 	conn.setopt(pycurl.WRITEFUNCTION, web_buffer.write)
 	conn.perform()
 
 	if "cookie" not in opt and "--use-cookies" in opt:
 		cookie = ""
 		for c in conn.getinfo(pycurl.INFO_COOKIELIST):
 			tokens = c.split("\t",7)
 			cookie = cookie + tokens[5] + "=" + tokens[6] + ";"
 
 		opt["cookie"] = cookie
 
-	result = web_buffer.getvalue().decode()
+	result = web_buffer.getvalue().decode("UTF-8")
 
 	logging.debug("%s\n", command)
 	logging.debug("%s\n", result)
 
 	return result
 
 def define_new_opts():
 
 	all_opt["port"] = {
 		"getopt" : "n:",
 		"longopt" : "plug",
 		"help" : "-n, --plug=[name]              "
 			 "VM name in RHV",
 		"required" : "1",
 		"order" : 1}
 	all_opt["use_cookies"] = {
 		"getopt" : "",
 		"longopt" : "use-cookies",
 		"help" : "--use-cookies                  Reuse cookies for authentication",
 		"required" : "0",
 		"shortdesc" : "Reuse cookies for authentication",
 		"order" : 1}
 	all_opt["api_path"] = {
 		"getopt" : ":",
 		"longopt" : "api-path",
 		"help" : "--api-path=[path]              The path part of the API URL",
 		"default" : "/ovirt-engine/api",
 		"required" : "0",
 		"shortdesc" : "The path part of the API URL",
 		"order" : 2}
 	all_opt["disable_http_filter"] = {
 		"getopt" : "",
 		"longopt" : "disable-http-filter",
 		"help" : "--disable-http-filter          Set HTTP Filter header to false",
 		"required" : "0",
 		"shortdesc" : "Set HTTP Filter header to false",
 		"order" : 3}
 
 
 def main():
 	device_opt = [
 		"ipaddr",
 		"api_path",
 		"login",
 		"passwd",
 		"ssl",
 		"notls",
 		"web",
 		"port",
 		"use_cookies",
 		"disable_http_filter",
 	]
 
 	atexit.register(atexit_handler)
 	define_new_opts()
 
 	all_opt["power_wait"]["default"] = "1"
 
 	options = check_input(device_opt, process_input(device_opt))
 
 	docs = {}
 	docs["shortdesc"] = "Fence agent for RHEV-M REST API"
 	docs["longdesc"] = "fence_rhevm is an I/O Fencing agent which can be \
 used with RHEV-M REST API to fence virtual machines."
 	docs["vendorurl"] = "http://www.redhat.com"
 	show_docs(options, docs)
 
 	##
 	## Fence operations
 	####
 	run_delay(options)
 	result = fence_action(None, options, set_power_status, get_power_status, get_list)
 
 	sys.exit(result)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
 	main()