1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/storage/engines/sqlite3.py b/synapse/storage/engines/sqlite3.py
index 72c11df461..389df35eb5 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/engines/sqlite3.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/engines/sqlite3.py
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 
 from synapse.storage import prepare_database, prepare_sqlite3_database
 
+import types
+
 
 class Sqlite3Engine(object):
     def __init__(self, database_module):
@@ -35,3 +37,8 @@ class Sqlite3Engine(object):
 
     def is_deadlock(self, error):
         return False
+
+    def load_unicode(self, v):
+        if isinstance(v, types.UnicodeType):
+            return v
+        return bytes(v).decode("UTF8")