diff --git a/src/utils/PythonAPI.cpp b/src/utils/PythonAPI.cpp
index 0d437b4f..d4e67ef6 100644
--- a/src/utils/PythonAPI.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/PythonAPI.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ PyObject *api_cmd(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
     char *result = (char*) "";
     if (PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s:command", &command))
     {
-        result = Core()->cmd(command).toUtf8().data();
+        result = Core()->cmd(command).toLocal8Bit().data();
     }
     return PyUnicode_FromString(result);
 }
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ PyObject *api_cmdj(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
     char *result = (char*) "";
     if (PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s:command", &command))
     {
-        result = Core()->cmd(command).toUtf8().data();
+        result = Core()->cmd(command).toLocal8Bit().data();
         PyObject *jsonModule = PyImport_ImportModule("json");
         PyObject *loadsFunc = PyObject_GetAttrString(jsonModule, "loads");
         if (!PyCallable_Check(loadsFunc)) {