diff --git a/nxc/protocols/smb/smbspider.py b/nxc/protocols/smb/smbspider.py
index 765fcdeab..d10edcbea 100755
--- a/nxc/protocols/smb/smbspider.py
+++ b/nxc/protocols/smb/smbspider.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ def _spider(self, subfolder, depth):
 
         filelist = None
         try:
-            filelist = self.smbconnection.listPath(self.share, subfolder)
+            filelist = self.smbconnection.listPath(self.share, subfolder.encode('utf-8').decode('latin-1'))
             self.dir_list(filelist, subfolder)
             if depth == 0:
                 return