From d1b23e25d98526c780e089914a2c70ad591fda8f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jack <jack@lbry.io>
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2016 12:53:04 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] allow unicode settings

---
 lbrynet/conf.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lbrynet/conf.py b/lbrynet/conf.py
index 411acbe0a..aef32334a 100644
--- a/lbrynet/conf.py
+++ b/lbrynet/conf.py
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ def _convert_setting(env_val, current_val):
         return float(env_val)
     elif current_type is str:
         return str(env_val)
+    elif current_type is unicode:
+        return unicode(env_val)
     elif current_type is dict:
         return dict(env_val)
     elif current_type is list: