diff --git a/couchpotato/environment.py b/couchpotato/environment.py
index 658b744..1000d48 100644
--- a/couchpotato/environment.py
+++ b/couchpotato/environment.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import os
 
 from couchpotato.core.database import Database
 from couchpotato.core.event import fireEvent, addEvent
+from couchpotato.core.helpers.encoding import toUnicode
 from couchpotato.core.loader import Loader
 from couchpotato.core.settings import Settings
 
@@ -38,8 +39,11 @@ class Env(object):
         return Env._debug
 
     @staticmethod
-    def get(attr):
-        return getattr(Env, '_' + attr)
+    def get(attr, unicode = False):
+        if unicode:
+            return toUnicode(getattr(Env, '_' + attr))
+        else:
+            return getattr(Env, '_' + attr)
 
     @staticmethod
     def all():
diff --git a/couchpotato/templates/index.html b/couchpotato/templates/index.html
index b432800..0d8acbc 100644
--- a/couchpotato/templates/index.html
+++ b/couchpotato/templates/index.html
@@ -73,10 +73,10 @@
 
 				App.setup({
 					'base_url': {{ json_encode(Env.get('web_base')) }},
-					'args': {{ json_encode(Env.get('args')) }},
+					'args': {{ json_encode(Env.get('args', unicode = True)) }},
 					'options': {{ json_encode(('%s' % Env.get('options'))) }},
-					'app_dir': {{ json_encode(Env.get('app_dir')) }},
-					'data_dir': {{ json_encode(Env.get('data_dir')) }},
+					'app_dir': {{ json_encode(Env.get('app_dir', unicode = True)) }},
+					'data_dir': {{ json_encode(Env.get('data_dir', unicode = True)) }},
 					'pid': {{ json_encode(Env.getPid()) }},
 					'userscript_version': {{ json_encode(fireEvent('userscript.get_version', single = True)) }}
 				});