From eda381e437b7ca5b1c415b88c207b572c89d6d4b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tomas Raila <tomas.raa@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2018 11:35:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Cast filepath to python string

---
 labelImg.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/labelImg.py b/labelImg.py
index 50d31c0d..735bf72f 100755
--- a/labelImg.py
+++ b/labelImg.py
@@ -888,6 +888,9 @@ class MainWindow(QMainWindow, WindowMixin):
         if filePath is None:
             filePath = self.settings.get(SETTING_FILENAME)
 
+        # Make sure that filePath is a regular python string, rather than QString
+        filePath = str(filePath)
+
         unicodeFilePath = ustr(filePath)
         # Tzutalin 20160906 : Add file list and dock to move faster
         # Highlight the file item