diff --git a/buildozer/__init__.py b/buildozer/__init__.py
index cda948d..f83d317 100644
--- a/buildozer/__init__.py
+++ b/buildozer/__init__.py
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ class Buildozer(object):
             color = COLOR_SEQ(LOG_LEVELS_C[level])
             print(''.join((RESET_SEQ, color, '# ', msg, RESET_SEQ)))
         else:
-            print(LOG_LEVELS_T[level], msg)
+            print('{} {}'.format(LOG_LEVELS_T[level], msg))
 
     def debug(self, msg):
         self.log(2, msg)
diff --git a/buildozer/jsonstore.py b/buildozer/jsonstore.py
index 03f60d7..a70d5c4 100644
--- a/buildozer/jsonstore.py
+++ b/buildozer/jsonstore.py
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@ This is currently needed to correctly support db between Python 2 and 3.
 __all__ = ["JsonStore"]
 
 import io
-from json import load, dump
+import sys
+from json import load, dump, dumps
 from os.path import exists
 
+IS_PY3 = sys.version_info[0] >= 3
 
 class JsonStore(object):
 
@@ -44,6 +46,11 @@ class JsonStore(object):
         return self.data.keys()
 
     def sync(self):
-        with io.open(self.filename, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as fd:
-            dump(self.data, fd)
+        # http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12309269/write-json-data-to-file-in-python/14870531#14870531
+        if IS_PY3:
+            with open(self.filename, 'w') as fd:
+                dump(self.data, fd, ensure_ascii=False)
+        else:
+            with io.open(self.filename, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as fd:
+                fd.write(unicode(dumps(self.data, ensure_ascii=False)))
 
diff --git a/buildozer/targets/android.py b/buildozer/targets/android.py
index d6d4d5a..00d5dd1 100644
--- a/buildozer/targets/android.py
+++ b/buildozer/targets/android.py
@@ -616,9 +616,9 @@ class TargetAndroid(Target):
         # recreate the project.properties
         with io.open(project_fn, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as fd:
             for line in content:
-                fd.write(line)
+                fd.write(line.decode('utf-8'))
             for index, ref in enumerate(references):
-                fd.write('android.library.reference.{}={}\n'.format(
+                fd.write(u'android.library.reference.{}={}\n'.format(
                     index + 1, ref))
 
         self.buildozer.debug('project.properties updated')