diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b71fc47..8f5ec4a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 *.pyc
 .pydevproject
 .project
-.settings
\ No newline at end of file
+.settings
+.idea
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/xmlpatterns/schema/schema.py b/examples/xmlpatterns/schema/schema.py
index 85c9eda..6773011 100755
--- a/examples/xmlpatterns/schema/schema.py
+++ b/examples/xmlpatterns/schema/schema.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def decode_utf8(qs):
     # Python v3.
 
     def encode_utf8(ba):
-        return str(ba, encoding='utf8')
+        return str(ba)
 
     def decode_utf8(qs):
         return QtCore.QByteArray(bytes(qs, encoding='utf8'))