diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 836bdb30..4cde3267 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
 * Fix display issue of season tables in displayShow view / Display Specials
 * Change to suppress reporting of Tornado exception error 1
 * Fix progress sort direction for poster layout view on home page
+* Fix invalid use of str() in the Send2Trash library for platforms other
 
 
 ### 0.2.1 (2014-10-22 06:41:00 UTC)
diff --git a/lib/send2trash/plat_other.py b/lib/send2trash/plat_other.py
index 59000eca..402831d8 100644
--- a/lib/send2trash/plat_other.py
+++ b/lib/send2trash/plat_other.py
@@ -133,7 +133,9 @@ def get_dev(path):
 
 def send2trash(path):
     if not isinstance(path, str):
-        path = str(path, sys.getfilesystemencoding())
+    #    path = str(path, sys.getfilesystemencoding())  # removed invalid arg passed to str function, shouldn't be used anyway
+        path = str(path)
+
     if not op.exists(path):
         raise OSError("File not found: %s" % path)
     # ...should check whether the user has the necessary permissions to delete