diff --git a/plogical/applicationInstaller.py b/plogical/applicationInstaller.py
index 690367336..7e9d510ea 100755
--- a/plogical/applicationInstaller.py
+++ b/plogical/applicationInstaller.py
@@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ class ApplicationInstaller(multi.Thread):
             VALUES (LAST_INSERT_ID(),'8');""" % (prefix, username, password, prefix)
 
             out, err = proc.communicate(
-                file(finalPath + 'installation/sql/mysql/joomlaInstall.sql').read() + "\n" + usercreation)
+                open(finalPath + 'installation/sql/mysql/joomlaInstall.sql', 'rb').read() + ("\n" + usercreation).encode('utf-8'))
 
             shutil.rmtree(finalPath + "installation")
 
diff --git a/websiteFunctions/website.py b/websiteFunctions/website.py
index 5c969457f..20ce290b1 100755
--- a/websiteFunctions/website.py
+++ b/websiteFunctions/website.py
@@ -1963,7 +1963,7 @@ class WebsiteManager:
             ## Installation
             salt = randomPassword.generate_pass(32)
             # return salt
-            password_hash = hashlib.md5(password + salt).hexdigest()
+            password_hash = hashlib.md5((password + salt).encode('utf-8')).hexdigest()
             password = password_hash + ":" + salt
 
             statusFile = open(tempStatusPath, 'w')