diff --git a/.bzrignore b/.bzrignore
index e5f1d99..4521dc6 100644
--- a/.bzrignore
+++ b/.bzrignore
@@ -21,4 +21,5 @@ other/postinst
 scripts/wicd
 scripts/wicd-client
 scripts/wicd-curses
+translations/*
 wicd/wpath.py
diff --git a/curses/wicd-curses.py b/curses/wicd-curses.py
index 488107a..0428085 100644
--- a/curses/wicd-curses.py
+++ b/curses/wicd-curses.py
@@ -896,6 +896,7 @@ def main():
         ('bold','white','black','bold')])
     # This is a wrapper around a function that calls another a function that is a
     # wrapper around a infinite loop.  Fun.
+    urwid.set_encoding('utf8')
     ui.run_wrapper(run)
 
 def run():
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1ab38bc..92ffc2c 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import subprocess
 VERSION_NUM = '1.6.0a1'
 # REVISION_NUM is automatically updated
 REVISION_NUM = 'unknown'
-CURSES_REVNO = 'r275'
+CURSES_REVNO = 'r277'
 
 try:
     if not os.path.exists('vcsinfo.py'):