1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/fs/errors.py b/fs/errors.py
index 9f0fd80..4e52711 100644
--- a/fs/errors.py
+++ b/fs/errors.py
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ class FSError(Exception):
         self.details = details
 
     def __str__(self):
-        keys = dict((k,str(v)) for k,v in self.__dict__.iteritems())
-        return self.msg % keys
+        return unicode(self).encode(sys.getfilesystemencoding())
 
     def __unicode__(self):
-        return unicode(str(self))
+        keys = dict((k,v) for k,v in self.__dict__.iteritems())
+        return unicode(self.msg) % keys
 
     def __getstate__(self):
        return self.__dict__.copy()