diff --git a/src/libprs500/ebooks/lrf/html/convert_from.py b/src/libprs500/ebooks/lrf/html/convert_from.py
index d0c4db82d3..88dd8a9c45 100644
--- a/src/libprs500/ebooks/lrf/html/convert_from.py
+++ b/src/libprs500/ebooks/lrf/html/convert_from.py
@@ -1215,7 +1215,7 @@ class HTMLConverter(object):
             if tag.contents:
                 c = tag.contents[0]
                 if isinstance(c, NavigableString):
-                    c = str(c).replace('\r\n', '\n').replace('\r', '\n')
+                    c = unicode(c).replace('\r\n', '\n').replace('\r', '\n')
                     if c.startswith('\n'):
                         c = c[1:]
                         tag.contents[0] = NavigableString(c)