diff --git a/setup/doctype/backup_manager/backup_dropbox.py b/setup/doctype/backup_manager/backup_dropbox.py
index 8d16353..b4a8f66 100644
--- a/setup/doctype/backup_manager/backup_dropbox.py
+++ b/setup/doctype/backup_manager/backup_dropbox.py
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@
 	error_log = []
 	path = os.path.join(get_base_path(), "public", "files")
 	for filename in os.listdir(path):
+		filename = cstr(filename)
 		if filename in ignore_list:
 			continue
 		
diff --git a/setup/doctype/backup_manager/backup_googledrive.py b/setup/doctype/backup_manager/backup_googledrive.py
index 5d7b6ad..440d907 100644
--- a/setup/doctype/backup_manager/backup_googledrive.py
+++ b/setup/doctype/backup_manager/backup_googledrive.py
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
 	webnotes.conn.close()
 	path = os.path.join(get_base_path(), "public", "files")
 	for filename in os.listdir(path):
+		filename = cstr(filename)
 		found = False
 		filepath = os.path.join(path, filename)
 		ext = filename.split('.')[-1]
diff --git a/setup/doctype/company/charts/import_from_openerp.py b/setup/doctype/company/charts/import_from_openerp.py
index 894c2d7..ef80008 100644
--- a/setup/doctype/company/charts/import_from_openerp.py
+++ b/setup/doctype/company/charts/import_from_openerp.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import os, json
 from xml.etree import ElementTree as ET
 from webnotes.utils.datautils import read_csv_content
+from webnotes.utils import cstr
 
 path = "/Users/rmehta/Downloads/openerp/openerp/addons"
 chart_roots = []
@@ -108,6 +109,7 @@
 		basename = os.path.basename(basepath)
 		if basename.startswith("l10n"):
 			for fname in files:
+				fname = cstr(fname)
 				filepath = os.path.join(basepath, fname)
 				if fname.endswith(".xml"):
 					tree = ET.parse(filepath)