diff --git a/pisi/cli/commands.py b/pisi/cli/commands.py
index 48277583..7a97837d 100644
--- a/pisi/cli/commands.py
+++ b/pisi/cli/commands.py
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ Gives a brief list of PiSi components published in the repository.
                 pstr = p
                 if p in installed_list:
                     pstr = colorize(p, "cyan")
-                ctx.ui.info('%15s - %s ' % (pstr, package.summary))
+                ctx.ui.info('%15s - %s ' % (pstr, unicode(package.summary)))
                 
 
 class ListUpgrades(Command):
diff --git a/pisi/xmlfile.py b/pisi/xmlfile.py
index d391f295..d21c8358 100644
--- a/pisi/xmlfile.py
+++ b/pisi/xmlfile.py
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ class LocalText(dict):
         langs = [ locale.getlocale()[0][0:2], 'tr', 'en' ]
         if not util.any(lambda x : self.has_key(x), langs):
             errs.append( where + _("Tag should have at least an English or Turkish version"))
+        #FIXME: check if all entries are unicode
         return errs
     
     def format(self, f, errs):
@@ -142,11 +143,18 @@ class LocalText(dict):
                 ctx.ui.warning(x)
 
     def __str__(self):
-        strfile = StringIO()
-        self.print_text(strfile)
-        str = strfile.getvalue()
-        strfile.close()
-        return str
+        L = locale.getlocale()[0][0:2] # try to read language, pathetic isn't it?
+        if self.has_key(L):
+            return unicode(self[L])
+        elif self.has_key('en'):
+            # fallback to English, blah
+            return unicode(self['en'])
+        elif self.has_key('tr'):
+            # fallback to Turkish
+            return unicode(self['tr'])
+        else:
+            return ''
+            #ctx.ui.warning(_("Tag should have at least an English or Turkish version"))
 
 class Writer(formatter.DumbWriter):
     """adds unicode support"""