diff --git a/gramps2/ChangeLog b/gramps2/ChangeLog
index 485abb4a8..cb7bb1a82 100644
--- a/gramps2/ChangeLog
+++ b/gramps2/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2005-06-27  Julio Sanchez  <jsanchez@users.sourceforge.net>
 	* src/po/es.po: Translation fixes
+	* src/GenericFilter.py: Do not attempt to translate user filters,
+	fix a problem with filter names that contain non-ASCII characters
 
 2005-06-26  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
 	* src/ImageSelect.py: allow the path variable to be editable
diff --git a/gramps2/src/GenericFilter.py b/gramps2/src/GenericFilter.py
index a7a525ee5..814f10c4b 100644
--- a/gramps2/src/GenericFilter.py
+++ b/gramps2/src/GenericFilter.py
@@ -2296,14 +2296,14 @@ class GrampsFilterComboBox(gtk.ComboBox):
             cnt += 1
         
         for filt in SystemFilters.get_filters():
-            self.store.append(row=[_(filt.get_name())])
+            self.store.append(row=[filt.get_name()])
             self.map[filt.get_name()] = filt
             if default != "" and default == filt.get_name():
                 active = cnt
             cnt += 1
 
         for filt in CustomFilters.get_filters():
-            self.store.append(row=[_(filt.get_name())])
+            self.store.append(row=[filt.get_name()])
             self.map[filt.get_name()] = filt
             if default != "" and default == filt.get_name():
                 active = cnt
@@ -2324,7 +2324,7 @@ class GrampsFilterComboBox(gtk.ComboBox):
         active = self.get_active()
         if active < 0:
             return None
-        key = self.store[active][0]
+        key = unicode(self.store[active][0])
         return self.map[key]