UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 27: ordinal not in range(128)

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Traceback

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/sebastian/qtpyvcp/qtpyvcp/widgets/qtdesigner/designer_plugin.py", line 91, in createWidget
    w = self.pluginClass()(parent)
  File "/home/sebastian/qtpyvcp/qtpyvcp/widgets/form_widgets/main_window.py", line 57, in __init__
    self.setMenuBar(self.buildMenuBar(menu))
  File "/home/sebastian/qtpyvcp/qtpyvcp/widgets/form_widgets/main_window.py", line 246, in buildMenuBar
    recursiveAddItems(menu_bar, menus)
  File "/home/sebastian/qtpyvcp/qtpyvcp/widgets/form_widgets/main_window.py", line 231, in recursiveAddItems
    recursiveAddItems(new_menu, items)
  File "/home/sebastian/qtpyvcp/qtpyvcp/widgets/form_widgets/main_window.py", line 235, in recursiveAddItems
    new_menu = _initialize_object_from_dict(item, parent=menu)
  File "/home/sebastian/qtpyvcp/qtpyvcp/app/launcher.py", line 208, in _initialize_object_from_dict
    return obj(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/sebastian/qtpyvcp/qtpyvcp/widgets/recent_files_menu.py", line 56, in __init__
    self.update(files or self.status.recent_files())
  File "/home/sebastian/qtpyvcp/qtpyvcp/widgets/recent_files_menu.py", line 61, in update
    fname = fname.encode('utf-8')
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 27: ordinal not in range(128)

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System Info

 * Description: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
 * Kernel: 4.19.0-13-rt-amd64
 * Qt version: v5.11.3
 * Qt bindings: PyQt5 v5.11.3
 * LinuxCNC version: v2.8.1
 * QtPyVCP version: v0.3.11+8.g11c816af

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UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 27: ordinal not in range(128) #61