diff --git a/sat_frontends/quick_frontend/quick_chat.py b/sat_frontends/quick_frontend/quick_chat.py
index 331f0271..c2b50999 100644
--- a/sat_frontends/quick_frontend/quick_chat.py
+++ b/sat_frontends/quick_frontend/quick_chat.py
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ class QuickChat(quick_widgets.QuickWidget):
             unicode(target),
             size,
             True,
-            filters,
+            {k: unicode(v) for k,v in filters.iteritems()},
             profile,
             callback=_historyGetCb,
             errback=_historyGetEb,