Switched to using Python 3.4.

utils.py

@@ -20,16 +20,9 @@ def get_temp_dir():
     return tempfile.gettempdir()
 
 def path_join(base, *rest):
-    try:
-        base = base.decode('utf-8')
-    except UnicodeEncodeError:
-        base = unicode(base)
     new_rest = []
-    for i in xrange(len(rest)):
-        try:
-            new_rest.append(rest[i].decode('utf-8'))
-        except UnicodeEncodeError:
-            new_rest.append(unicode(rest[i]))
+    for i in range(len(rest)):
+        new_rest.append(str(rest[i]))
 
     rpath = u'/'.join(new_rest)