--- share/extensions/gimp_xcf.py	Sat Jul 30 17:53:39 2016
+++ share/extensions/gimp_xcf.py	Mon Oct 17 09:01:04 2016
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
                 if os.name == 'nt':
                     filename = filename.replace("\\", "/")
                 pngs.append(filename)
-                names.append(name.encode('utf-8'))
+                names.append(name)
 
         if (self.valid == 0):
             self.clear_tmp()