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diff --git a/bindings/python/notmuch/database.py b/bindings/python/notmuch/database.py
index c6070111..dc124f5e 100644
--- a/bindings/python/notmuch/database.py
+++ b/bindings/python/notmuch/database.py
@@ -19,12 +19,11 @@ Copyright 2010 Sebastian Spaeth <Sebastian@SSpaeth.de>'
 
 import os
 from ctypes import c_int, c_char_p, c_void_p, c_uint, c_long, byref
-from notmuch.globals import nmlib, STATUS, NotmuchError, Enum
+from notmuch.globals import nmlib, STATUS, NotmuchError, Enum, _str
 from notmuch.thread import Threads
 from notmuch.message import Messages, Message
 from notmuch.tag import Tags
 
-
 class Database(object):
     """Represents a notmuch database (wraps notmuch_database_t)
 
@@ -101,7 +100,6 @@ class Database(object):
                 Database._std_db_path = self._get_user_default_db()
             path = Database._std_db_path
 
-        assert isinstance(path, basestring), 'Path must be a string or None.'
         if create == False:
             self.open(path, mode)
         else:
@@ -132,7 +130,7 @@ class Database(object):
             raise NotmuchError(message="Cannot create db, this Database() "
                                        "already has an open one.")
 
-        res = Database._create(path, Database.MODE.READ_WRITE)
+        res = Database._create(_str(path), Database.MODE.READ_WRITE)
 
         if res is None:
             raise NotmuchError(
@@ -152,8 +150,7 @@ class Database(object):
         :exception: Raises :exc:`NotmuchError` in case
                     of any failure (after printing an error message on stderr).
         """
-
-        res = Database._open(path, mode)
+        res = Database._open(_str(path), mode)
 
         if res is None:
             raise NotmuchError(
@@ -167,7 +164,7 @@ class Database(object):
         # Raise a NotmuchError if not initialized
         self._verify_initialized_db()
 
-        return Database._get_path(self._db)
+        return Database._get_path(self._db).decode('utf-8')
 
     def get_version(self):
         """Returns the database format version
@@ -228,8 +225,8 @@ class Database(object):
            Database.MODE.READ_WRITE mode. The underlying library will exit the
            program if this method is used on a read-only database!
 
-        :param path: A str containing the path relative to the path of database
-              (see :meth:`get_path`), or else should be an absolute path
+        :param path: An unicode string containing the path relative to the path
+              of database (see :meth:`get_path`), or else should be an absolute path
               with initial components that match the path of 'database'.
         :returns: :class:`Directory` or raises an exception.
         :exception: :exc:`NotmuchError`
@@ -258,10 +255,10 @@ class Database(object):
             #we got a relative path, make it absolute
             abs_dirpath = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(self.get_path(), path))
 
-        dir_p = Database._get_directory(self._db, path)
+        dir_p = Database._get_directory(self._db, _str(path))
 
         # return the Directory, init it with the absolute path
-        return Directory(abs_dirpath, dir_p, self)
+        return Directory(_str(abs_dirpath), dir_p, self)
 
     def add_message(self, filename, sync_maildir_flags=False):
         """Adds a new message to the database
@@ -318,7 +315,7 @@ class Database(object):
 
         msg_p = c_void_p()
         status = nmlib.notmuch_database_add_message(self._db,
-                                                  filename,
+                                                  _str(filename),
                                                   byref(msg_p))
 
         if not status in [STATUS.SUCCESS, STATUS.DUPLICATE_MESSAGE_ID]:
@@ -387,10 +384,8 @@ class Database(object):
         # Raise a NotmuchError if not initialized
         self._verify_initialized_db()
 
-        msg_p = Database._find_message(self._db, msgid)
-        if msg_p is None:
-            return None
-        return Message(msg_p, self)
+        msg_p = Database._find_message(self._db, _str(msgid))
+        return msg_p and Message(msg_p, self) or None
 
     def get_all_tags(self):
         """Returns :class:`Tags` with a list of all tags found in the database
@@ -449,7 +444,7 @@ class Database(object):
         if not config.has_option('database', 'path'):
             raise NotmuchError(message="No DB path specified"
                                        " and no user default found")
-        return config.get('database', 'path')
+        return config.get('database', 'path').decode('utf-8')
 
     @property
     def db_p(self):
@@ -532,11 +527,8 @@ class Query(object):
             raise NotmuchError(STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED)
         # create reference to parent db to keep it alive
         self._db = db
-        if isinstance(querystr, unicode):
-            # xapian takes utf-8 encoded byte arrays
-            querystr = querystr.encode('utf-8')
         # create query, return None if too little mem available
-        query_p = Query._create(db.db_p, querystr)
+        query_p = Query._create(db.db_p, _str(querystr))
         if query_p is None:
             NotmuchError(STATUS.NULL_POINTER)
         self._query = query_p
@@ -673,7 +665,7 @@ class Directory(object):
 
     def __init__(self, path, dir_p, parent):
         """
-        :param path:   The absolute path of the directory object.
+        :param path:   The absolute path of the directory object as unicode.
         :param dir_p:  The pointer to an internal notmuch_directory_t object.
         :param parent: The object this Directory is derived from
                        (usually a :class:`Database`). We do not directly use
@@ -681,6 +673,7 @@ class Directory(object):
                        this Directory object lives. This keeps the
                        parent object alive.
         """
+        assert isinstance(path, unicode), "Path needs to be an UNICODE object"
         self._path = path
         self._dir_p = dir_p
         self._parent = parent