diff --git a/db_converter.py b/db_converter.py
index 7f1bc9a..f930a91 100644
--- a/db_converter.py
+++ b/db_converter.py
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@
 
 Dump using:
 mysqldump --compatible=postgresql --default-character-set=utf8 -r databasename.mysql -u root databasename
+
+TODO - madsantana
+Add fix to run on python3
+
+This script runs ok on python2
 """
 
 import re
@@ -14,6 +19,9 @@
 import time
 import subprocess
 
+reload(sys)
+sys.setdefaultencoding('utf8')
+
 
 def parse(input_filename, output_filename):
     "Feed it a file, and it'll output a fixed one"