diff --git a/frontends/primitivus/primitivus b/frontends/primitivus/primitivus
index 4f5ce792..9317e5e6 100755
--- a/frontends/primitivus/primitivus
+++ b/frontends/primitivus/primitivus
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ class PrimitivusApp(QuickApp):
         for new_menu in add_menus:
             category,item,type = new_menu
             assert(type=="NORMAL") #TODO: manage other types
-            menu.addMenu(category, item, add_menu_cb)
+            menu.addMenu(unicode(category), unicode(item), add_menu_cb)
             
         menu_roller = custom_widgets.MenuRoller([(_('Main menu'),menu)])
         return menu_roller