diff --git a/rdd/WordCount.py b/rdd/WordCount.py
index ee7d9256..2da404c3 100644
--- a/rdd/WordCount.py
+++ b/rdd/WordCount.py
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@
     wordCounts = words.countByValue()
     
     for word, count in wordCounts.items():
-        print("{} : {}".format(word, count))
+        print("{} : {}".format(word.encode('utf-8'), count))