diff --git a/modules/active/logger.py b/modules/active/logger.py
index 64b22c0..3a4afc3 100644
--- a/modules/active/logger.py
+++ b/modules/active/logger.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def message_logger(mfrom,msg):
 
 	date=datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(time.time())
 	log.write(date.strftime("(%H:%M:%S) "))
-	log.write(mfrom.getResource()+": "+body+"\n")
+	log.write(unicode(mfrom.getResource())+": "+body+"\n")
 	log.flush()
 
 def status_logger(mfrom,msg,status):
diff --git a/modules/active/youtube.py b/modules/active/youtube.py
index 1b43aad..cbcdb84 100644
--- a/modules/active/youtube.py
+++ b/modules/active/youtube.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def youtube_logger(mfrom,msg):
 			entry = yt_service.GetYouTubeVideoEntry(video_id=id)
 			sec = int(entry.media.duration.seconds)
 			duration = "%02d:%02d:%02d" % (sec/3600, (sec%3600)/60, (sec%3600)%60)
-			txt = "%s posted a youtube video: %s\nTitle: %s\nCategory: %s\nTags: %s\nDuration: %s\nViews: %s\nRating: %s" % (mfrom.getResource(),
+			txt = "%s posted a youtube video: %s\nTitle: %s\nCategory: %s\nTags: %s\nDuration: %s\nViews: %s\nRating: %s" % (unicode(mfrom.getResource()),
 					entry.media.player.url,
 					entry.media.title.text,
 					entry.media.category[0].text,