diff --git a/examples b/examples
index aa8c45e2..2f79bc25 160000
--- a/examples
+++ b/examples
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit aa8c45e2dbf438829efe8ed269c26ea4e16a5073
+Subproject commit 2f79bc25f8be67961ef3bb2da4ee47cb9a1cf18e
diff --git a/platformio/downloader.py b/platformio/downloader.py
index f35aeda4..b96edda8 100644
--- a/platformio/downloader.py
+++ b/platformio/downloader.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class FileDownloader(object):
         if disposition and "filename=" in disposition:
             self._fname = disposition[disposition.index("filename=") +
                                       9:].replace('"', "").replace("'", "")
+            self._fname = self._fname.encode("utf8")
         else:
             self._fname = url.split("/")[-1]