# HG changeset patch
# User osimons
# Date 1287521813 0
# Node ID 4b6ca8cfd8c6e4281bcc5a88e4659b92cdf2a58c
# Parent  0a59d3e71870bdd02036227939266e932f099aef
0.6dev: Merged [950] from trunk.

diff --git a/bitten/master.py b/bitten/master.py
--- a/bitten/master.py
+++ b/bitten/master.py
@@ -143,6 +143,8 @@
 
     def _send_response(self, req, code=200, body='', headers=None):
         """ Formats and sends the response, raising ``RequestDone``. """
+        if isinstance(body, unicode):
+            body = body.encode('utf-8')
         req.send_response(code)
         headers = headers or {}
         headers.setdefault('Content-Length', len(body))