diff --git a/src/utils/evtable.py b/src/utils/evtable.py
index c4597d130..8f24011ca 100644
--- a/src/utils/evtable.py
+++ b/src/utils/evtable.py
@@ -1143,5 +1143,5 @@ class EvTable(object):
 
     def __unicode__(self):
         print "parts:", [line for line in self._generate_lines()]
-        return  ANSIString("\n").join([line for line in self._generate_lines()])
+        return  unicode(ANSIString("\n").join([line for line in self._generate_lines()]))