diff --git a/linkchecker-gui b/linkchecker-gui
index 3b13ed32..3b3024a8 100755
--- a/linkchecker-gui
+++ b/linkchecker-gui
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@ Check HTML pages for broken links. This is the GUI client.
 import sys
 from PyQt4.QtGui import QApplication, QStyleFactory, QErrorMessage
 from linkcheck.gui import LinkCheckerMain
-from linkcheck import configuration, drop_privileges
+from linkcheck import configuration, drop_privileges, i18n
 
 def excepthook (debugwidget, etype, evalue, tb):
     """Catch unhandled exceptions."""
     from cStringIO import StringIO
     from PyQt4.QtCore import qWarning
     from linkcheck.director.console import internal_error
-    out = StringIO()
+    out = i18n.get_encoded_writer(out=StringIO())
     internal_error(out=out, etype=etype, evalue=evalue, tb=tb)
     print >> out, debugwidget.getText()
     qWarning(out.getvalue())