diff --git a/po/update_po.py b/po/update_po.py
index 6c710af21..594402455 100644
--- a/po/update_po.py
+++ b/po/update_po.py
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ def TipsParse(filename, mark):
             tip = tip.replace("<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>", "")
             tip = tip.replace('\n<_tip number="%(number)s">' % key.attrib, "")
         else: # python3 support
-            tip = tip.decode(encoding="UTF-8")
+            tip = tip.decode("utf-8")
             tip = tip.replace('<_tip number="%(number)s">' % key.attrib, "")
         tip = tip.replace("<br />", "<br/>")
         #tip = tip.replace("\n</_tip>\n", "</_tip>\n") # special case tip 7