diff --git a/netbox/netbox/views.py b/netbox/netbox/views.py
index 6aec89701..8e42086bc 100644
--- a/netbox/netbox/views.py
+++ b/netbox/netbox/views.py
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ class SearchView(View):
                     results.append({
                         'name': queryset.model._meta.verbose_name_plural,
                         'table': table,
-                        'url': '{}?q={}'.format(reverse(url), form.cleaned_data['q'])
+                        'url': u'{}?q={}'.format(reverse(url), form.cleaned_data['q'])
                     })
 
         return render(request, 'search.html', {