diff --git a/runtime/Server.cpp b/runtime/Server.cpp
index 2440268..119add6 100644
--- a/runtime/Server.cpp
+++ b/runtime/Server.cpp
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ Server::Server(quint16 port)
 #ifdef PYTHON2
             PyList_Append(sysPath, PyString_FromString(path_list.at(i).toUtf8().data()));
 #else
-            PyList_Append(sysPath, PyBytes_FromString(path_list.at(i).toUtf8().data()));
+            PyList_Append(sysPath, PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefault(path_list.at(i).toUtf8().data()));
 #endif
         }
     }