diff --git a/terminatorlib/plugins/custom_commands.py b/terminatorlib/plugins/custom_commands.py
index 1b487e72..f8948a26 100755
--- a/terminatorlib/plugins/custom_commands.py
+++ b/terminatorlib/plugins/custom_commands.py
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class CustomCommandsMenu(plugin.MenuItem):
       if command[-1] != '\n':
         command = command + '\n'
       for terminal in data['terminals']:
-        terminal.vte.feed_child(command,  len(command))
+        terminal.vte.feed_child_binary(command.encode(terminal.vte.get_encoding()))
 
     def configure(self, widget, data = None):
       ui = {}