diff --git a/list_subtitles.py b/list_subtitles.py
index 884e44312..0419c3022 100644
--- a/list_subtitles.py
+++ b/list_subtitles.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def list_subtitles(file):
 def store_subtitles(file):
     languages = []
     actual_subtitles = []
-    if os.path.exists(file):
+    if os.path.exists(unicode(file)):
         if os.path.splitext(file)[1] == '.mkv':
             try:
                 with open(file, 'rb') as f: