diff --git a/runtime/Server.cpp b/runtime/Server.cpp
index 286c4dc08..43aa3cb55 100644
--- a/runtime/Server.cpp
+++ b/runtime/Server.cpp
@@ -126,8 +126,12 @@ Server::Server(quint16 port)
         {
 #ifdef PYTHON2
             PyList_Append(sysPath, PyString_FromString(path_list.at(i).toUtf8().data()));
+#else
+#if PY_MINOR_VERSION > 2
+            PyList_Append(sysPath, PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefault(path_list.at(i).toUtf8().data()));
 #else
             PyList_Append(sysPath, PyBytes_FromString(path_list.at(i).toUtf8().data()));
+#endif
 #endif
         }
     }