diff --git a/openlp/core/ui/mainwindow.py b/openlp/core/ui/mainwindow.py
index a9d86155d..7d00e9890 100644
--- a/openlp/core/ui/mainwindow.py
+++ b/openlp/core/ui/mainwindow.py
@@ -529,8 +529,8 @@ class MainWindow(QtGui.QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
         applicationVersion = self.generalConfig.get_config(u'Application version', u'1.9.0-595')
         version = check_latest_version(self.generalConfig, applicationVersion)
         if applicationVersion != version:
-            version_text = self.trUtf8(u'OpenLP version %s has been updated '
-                u'to version %s')
+            version_text = unicode(self.trUtf8(u'OpenLP version %s has been updated '
+                u'to version %s'))
             QtGui.QMessageBox.question(None,
                 self.trUtf8(u'OpenLP Version Updated'),
                 version_text % (applicationVersion, version),