diff -r 264637370f8f -r 7cadc624cc74 PLCOpenEditor.py
--- a/PLCOpenEditor.py	Wed Sep 05 11:27:54 2012 +0200
+++ b/PLCOpenEditor.py	Wed Sep 05 12:38:41 2012 +0200
@@ -966,7 +966,7 @@
         
         try:
             if self.Config.HasEntry("perspective"):
-                self.AUIManager.LoadPerspective(str(self.Config.Read("perspective")))
+                self.AUIManager.LoadPerspective(unicode(self.Config.Read("perspective")))
         
             if self.Config.HasEntry("notebooks"):
                 notebooks = cPickle.loads(str(self.Config.Read("notebooks")))