diff --git a/elodie/compatability.py b/elodie/compatability.py
index 41e822a..424d4a4 100644
--- a/elodie/compatability.py
+++ b/elodie/compatability.py
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 def _decode(string, encoding='utf8'):
+    """Return a utf8 encoded unicode string.
+
+    Python2 and Python3 differ in how they handle strings.
+    So we do a few checks to see if the string is ascii or unicode.
+    Then we decode it if needed.
+    """
     if hasattr(string, 'decode'):
+        # If the string is already unicode we return it.
+        try:
+            if isinstance(string, unicode):
+                return string
+        except NameError:
+            pass
+
         return string.decode(encoding)
 
     return string
diff --git a/elodie/tests/elodie_test.py b/elodie/tests/elodie_test.py
index 327eb33..0dc81bc 100644
--- a/elodie/tests/elodie_test.py
+++ b/elodie/tests/elodie_test.py
@@ -87,12 +87,12 @@ def test_import_file_video():
 
     assert helper.path_tz_fix(os.path.join('2015-01-Jan','California','2015-01-19_12-45-11-video.mov')) in dest_path, dest_path
 
-def test_import_file_path_unicode():
-    raise SkipTest("Temporarily skipping unicode test. sh-167")
+def test_import_file_path_utf8_encoded_ascii():
     temporary_folder, folder = helper.create_working_folder()
     temporary_folder_destination, folder_destination = helper.create_working_folder()
 
     origin = text_type(folder)+u'/unicode'+six_unichr(160)+u'filename.txt'
+    # encode the unicode string to ascii
     origin = origin.encode('utf-8')
 
     shutil.copyfile(helper.get_file('valid.txt'), origin)
@@ -104,7 +104,24 @@ def test_import_file_path_unicode():
     shutil.rmtree(folder)
     shutil.rmtree(folder_destination)
 
-    assert helper.path_tz_fix(os.path.join('2016-04-Apr','Unknown Location',u'2016-04-07_11-15-26-unicode\xa0filename-sample-title.txt')) in dest_path, dest_path
+    assert helper.path_tz_fix(os.path.join('2016-04-Apr','London',u'2016-04-07_11-15-26-unicode\xa0filename-sample-title.txt')) in dest_path, dest_path
+
+def test_import_file_path_unicode():
+    temporary_folder, folder = helper.create_working_folder()
+    temporary_folder_destination, folder_destination = helper.create_working_folder()
+
+    origin = text_type(folder)+u'/unicode'+six_unichr(160)+u'filename.txt'
+
+    shutil.copyfile(helper.get_file('valid.txt'), origin)
+
+    helper.reset_dbs()
+    dest_path = elodie.import_file(origin, folder_destination, False, False, False)
+    helper.restore_dbs()
+
+    shutil.rmtree(folder)
+    shutil.rmtree(folder_destination)
+
+    assert helper.path_tz_fix(os.path.join('2016-04-Apr','London',u'2016-04-07_11-15-26-unicode\xa0filename-sample-title.txt')) in dest_path, dest_path
     
 def test_import_file_allow_duplicate_false():
     temporary_folder, folder = helper.create_working_folder()