diff --git a/src/lib/Bcfg2/Logger.py b/src/lib/Bcfg2/Logger.py
index c2eac1e..2c2e148 100644
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class FragmentingSysLogHandler(logging.handlers.SysLogHandler): |
105 | 105 | (self.encodePriority(self.facility, newrec.levelname.lower()), |
106 | 106 | self.format(newrec)) |
107 | 107 | try: |
108 | | self.socket.send(msg.encode('ascii')) |
| 108 | try: |
| 109 | encoded = msg.encode('utf_8') |
| 110 | except UnicodeDecodeError: |
| 111 | encoded = msg |
| 112 | self.socket.send(encoded) |
109 | 113 | except socket.error: |
110 | 114 | for i in range(10): # pylint: disable=W0612 |
111 | 115 | try: |