diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/store/web_control.py b/src/calibre/gui2/store/web_control.py
index 5b4d197503..48e1b7dff0 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/store/web_control.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/store/web_control.py
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ class NPWebView(QWebView):
                 os.path.join(home, filename),
                 '*.*')
             if name:
+                name = unicode(name)
                 self.gui.download_ebook(url, cf, name, name, False)
         else:
             self.gui.download_ebook(url, cf, filename, tags=self.tags)