diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 887c00a7..8830939f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ update:
 	echo "remember that pymysql was tweaked"
 src:
 	### Use semantic versioning
-	echo 'Version 2.4.3-stable+timestamp.'`date +%Y.%m.%d.%H.%M.%S` > VERSION
+	echo 'Version 2.4.4-stable+timestamp.'`date +%Y.%m.%d.%H.%M.%S` > VERSION
 	### rm -f all junk files
 	make clean
 	### clean up baisc apps
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 538ebda9..866dac30 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.4.3-stable+timestamp.2013.03.11.14.40.17
+Version 2.4.4-stable+timestamp.2013.03.11.15.25.57
diff --git a/applications/admin/views/default/twitter.load b/applications/admin/views/default/twitter.load
index 081ac430..3688a5a9 100644
--- a/applications/admin/views/default/twitter.load
+++ b/applications/admin/views/default/twitter.load
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Tweet attributes
    <td><img src="{{=t['profile_image_url_https']}}"/></td>
    <td>
        <a href="http://twitter.com/{{=t['from_user']}}">{{=t["from_user_name"]}}</a>:
-              {{=XML(hashtag.sub('<a href="http://twitter.com/\\g<2>">\\g<1>\\g<2></a>',link.sub('<a href="\\g<0>">\\g<0></a>',t["text"])),sanitize=True)}}
+              {{=XML(hashtag.sub('<a href="http://twitter.com/\\g<2>">\\g<1>\\g<2></a>',link.sub('<a href="\\g<0>">\\g<0></a>',t["text"].encode('utf8'))),sanitize=True)}}
    </td>
   </tr>
 {{ pass }}