diff --git a/hplip/setup.py b/hplip/setup.py

index 2608f959f..c6e6b08ef 100755

--- a/hplip/setup.py

+++ b/hplip/setup.py

@@ -553,6 +553,9 @@ else: # INTERACTIVE_MODE

                             if file_path.endswith('.gz'):

                                 nickname = gzip.GzipFile(file_path, 'r').read(4096)

+                                if sys.version_info[0] > 2:

+                                    nickname = nickname.decode('utf-8')

+

                             else:

                                 nickname = open(file_path, 'r').read(4096)

diff --git a/hplip/ui5/setupdialog.py b/hplip/ui5/setupdialog.py

index 003bd6e0a..646574db7 100644

--- a/hplip/ui5/setupdialog.py

+++ b/hplip/ui5/setupdialog.py

@@ -765,10 +765,9 @@ class SetupDialog(QDialog, Ui_Dialog):

                 pass

     def OtherPPDButton_clicked(self, b):

-        ppd_file = to_unicode(QFileDialog.getOpenFileName(self, self.__tr("Select PPD File"),

-                                                          sys_conf.get(

-            'dirs', 'ppd'),

-            self.__tr("PPD Files (*.ppd *.ppd.gz);;All Files (*)")))

+        ppd_file = QFileDialog.getOpenFileName(self, self.__tr("Select PPD File"),

+                                                sys_conf.get('dirs', 'ppd'),

+                                                self.__tr("PPD Files (*.ppd *.ppd.gz);;All Files (*)"))[0]

         if ppd_file and os.path.exists(ppd_file):

             self.print_ppd = (ppd_file, cups.getPPDDescription(ppd_file))