diff --git a/frontends/src/jp/common.py b/frontends/src/jp/common.py
index 3c7d6570..ff9fe74a 100644
--- a/frontends/src/jp/common.py
+++ b/frontends/src/jp/common.py
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ class BaseEdit(object):
             # we have probably an URL, we try to parse it
             import urlparse
             url = self.args.item
-            parsed_url = urlparse.urlsplit(url)
+            parsed_url = urlparse.urlsplit(url.encode('utf-8'))
             if parsed_url.scheme.startswith('http'):
                 self.disp(u"{} URL found, trying to find associated xmpp: URI".format(parsed_url.scheme.upper()),1)
                 # HTTP URL, we try to find xmpp: links
@@ -418,14 +418,14 @@ class BaseEdit(object):
 
                 self.disp(u"XMPP URI used: {}".format(url),2)
                 # XXX: if we have not xmpp: URI here, we'll take the data as a file path
-                pubsub_service = parsed_url.path
+                pubsub_service = parsed_url.path.decode('utf-8')
                 pubsub_data = urlparse.parse_qs(parsed_url.query)
                 try:
-                    pubsub_node = pubsub_data['node'][0]
+                    pubsub_node = pubsub_data['node'][0].decode('utf-8')
                 except KeyError:
                     self.disp(u'No node found in xmpp: URI, can\'t retrieve item', error=True)
                     self.host.quit(1)
-                pubsub_item = pubsub_data.get('item',[None])[0]
+                pubsub_item = pubsub_data.get('item',[None])[0].decode('utf-8')
                 if pubsub_item is None and self.args.last_item:
                     command = 'last'
                 elif pubsub_item is not None: