diff --git a/LdapService.py b/LdapService.py
index ab6ce82..99630e5 100755
--- a/LdapService.py
+++ b/LdapService.py
@@ -3,12 +3,16 @@
 import time
 import random
 import mmap
-import sys, getopt
-from struct import pack
-from collections import deque
 
 from os.path import dirname, realpath
+import sys, getopt
+reload(sys)
+from sys import path, setdefaultencoding
 path.append(dirname(realpath(__file__)) + '/lib')
+setdefaultencoding('utf-8')
+
+from struct import pack
+from collections import deque
 
 from Server import Server
 
@@ -136,7 +140,7 @@ def main():
 
     server = Server(
             Application(
-                args[0], int(args[1], hosturi, binddn, basedn, password))
+                args[0], int(args[1]), hosturi, binddn, basedn, password))
     server.bindTcp(args[0], int(args[1]), Http())
     server.start(1.0)
 
diff --git a/LdapService2.py b/LdapService2.py
index bc46da0..6dfae06 100755
--- a/LdapService2.py
+++ b/LdapService2.py
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ from struct import pack
 from collections import deque
 
 from os.path import dirname, realpath
-import sys
+import sys, getopt
 reload(sys)
-from sys import argv, path, setdefaultencoding
+from sys import path, setdefaultencoding
 path.append(dirname(realpath(__file__)) + '/lib')
 setdefaultencoding('utf-8')
 import re
@@ -44,7 +44,12 @@ class Application(EventHandler):
 
     @property
     def _body(self):
-        return self._template.render(ldaptree=self._ldaptree).encode('utf8')
+        try:
+            return self._template.render(ldaptree=self._ldaptree).encode('utf8')
+        except UnicodeDecodeError as e:
+            print e.object
+            raise TypeError('failed')
+
 
     def _handle_data(self, event):
         protocol = event.subject.getProtocol()
@@ -114,7 +119,7 @@ def main():
 
     server = Server(
             Application(
-                args[0], int(args[1], hosturi, binddn, basedn, password))
+                args[0], int(args[1]), hosturi, binddn, basedn, password))
     server.bindTcp(args[0], int(args[1]), Http())
     server.start(1.0)
 
diff --git a/ldaptree.py b/ldaptree.py
index 66cfabf..9a21079 100755
--- a/ldaptree.py
+++ b/ldaptree.py
@@ -73,16 +73,20 @@ def main():
 
     info = LdapTree(hosturi, binddn, basedn, password, use_gssapi)
 
-    if not creategraph:
-        if outfile:
-            info.text(outfile)
-        else:
-            print info.text()
-    else:
-        if outfile:
-            info.graph(outfile)
+    try:
+        if not creategraph:
+            if outfile:
+                info.text(outfile)
+            else:
+                print info.text()
         else:
-            print info.graph()
+            if outfile:
+                info.graph(outfile)
+            else:
+                print info.graph()
+    except UnicodeDecodeError as e:
+        print e.object
+        raise TypeError('failed')
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     main()
diff --git a/lib/LdapTree.py b/lib/LdapTree.py
index bd44136..0933b10 100644
--- a/lib/LdapTree.py
+++ b/lib/LdapTree.py
@@ -92,13 +92,36 @@ class LdapTree(object):
 
         return thislen
 
+    def _encode(self, data):
+        if type(data) is str:
+            try:
+                unicode(data, 'utf-8')
+            except UnicodeDecodeError:
+                data = data.encode('base64')
+        return data
+
     @property
     def all(self):
         if self._data == None:
             self._data = {}
             result = self._ldap.search_s(self._basedn, ldap.SCOPE_SUBTREE)
             for entry in result:
-                self._data[entry[0]] = entry[1:][0]
+                if entry[1] is None:
+                    self._data[entry[0]] = None
+                elif type(entry[1]) is str:
+                    self._data[entry[0]] = self._encode(entry[1])
+                elif type(entry[1]) is list:
+                    self._data[entry[0]] = [self._encode(v) for v in entry[1]]
+                elif type(entry[1]) is dict:
+                    self._data[entry[0]] = {}
+                    for k in entry[1].keys():
+                        if type(entry[1][k]) is str:
+                            self._data[entry[0]][k] = self._encode(entry[1])
+                        else:
+                            self._data[entry[0]][k] = [
+                                    self._encode(v) for v in entry[1][k]]
+                else:
+                    raise TypeError("unsupported ldap type")
 
         return self._data
 
@@ -107,12 +130,13 @@ class LdapTree(object):
         retval = {}
         for d in self.all.keys():
             current = retval
-            for k in reversed(d.split(',')):
-                try:
-                    current = current[k]
-                except:
-                    current[k] = {}
-                    current = current[k]
+            if d:
+                for k in reversed(d.split(',')):
+                    try:
+                        current = current[k]
+                    except:
+                        current[k] = {}
+                        current = current[k]
         return retval
 
     @property
diff --git a/templates/simple.html.j2 b/templates/simple.html.j2
index cdc8f04..d7b99cc 100644
--- a/templates/simple.html.j2
+++ b/templates/simple.html.j2
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@
         onclick="toggle(this, 'childs')">dn: {{ d[2]|e }}</span>
       <button onclick="toggle(this, 'attributes')">[Attributes]</button>
       <ul class="attributes">
+    {% if ldaptree.node(d[2]) is string -%}
+    <li>{{ ldaptree.node(d[2])|e }}</li>
+    {% else -%}
     {% for k in ldaptree.node(d[2]).keys() -%}
     {% if ldaptree.node(d[2]) is string -%}
     <li>{{ k }}: {{ ldaptree.node(d[2])[k]|e }}</li>
@@ -81,6 +84,7 @@
     {% endfor -%}
     {% endif -%}
     {% endfor -%}
+    {% endif -%}
       </ul>
     {% endfor -%}
     </ul>