diff --git a/app/cloud/views/kb/__init__.py b/app/cloud/views/kb/__init__.py
index ae7cb0f..f8c92d1 100644
--- a/app/cloud/views/kb/__init__.py
+++ b/app/cloud/views/kb/__init__.py
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ viewKB = Blueprint('kb', __name__, url_prefix='/kb')
 
 @viewKB.route('/')
 def index():
-    kb_markdown = ''
+    kb_markdown = u''
     for ss in file('kb/README.md', 'r'):
-        kb_markdown += ss
+        kb_markdown += ss.decode('UTF-8')
 
     return render_template(
             'default/kb/index.html',
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3e0cf77..a80d056 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 Flask==0.10.1
 Flask-Markdown==0.3
+Flask-Babel==0.9
 psycopg2==2.6.1
 requests==2.7.0
 uWSGI==2.0.11.1
 wsgiref==0.1.2
 validators
-sshpubkeys
+sshpubkeys
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