diff --git a/gestion/darcs_send_changes.py b/gestion/darcs_send_changes.py
index fc0e17c8..dacaefcc 100755
--- a/gestion/darcs_send_changes.py
+++ b/gestion/darcs_send_changes.py
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ def get_patch_properties(hash):
     else:
         match_cmd = "--last 1"
     (status, changelog) = darcs("changes %s --xml-output" % match_cmd)
+    changelog = to_utf8(changelog)
     if status != 0 or changelog == "":
         return None
     prop = etree.XML(changelog)