diff --git a/flashcards/views.py b/flashcards/views.py
index 698ce68..69c6142 100644
--- a/flashcards/views.py
+++ b/flashcards/views.py
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ class FlashcardViewSet(GenericViewSet, CreateModelMixin, RetrieveModelMixin):
         data.is_valid(raise_exception=True)
         new_flashcard = data.validated_data
         new_flashcard = flashcard.edit(user, new_flashcard)
-        log_event(request, str(new_flashcard))
+        log_event(request, unicode(new_flashcard))
         return Response(FlashcardSerializer(new_flashcard, context={'user': request.user}).data, status=HTTP_200_OK)