diff --git a/plexpy/config.py b/plexpy/config.py
index 6362b96a..08054742 100644
--- a/plexpy/config.py
+++ b/plexpy/config.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ _CONFIG_DEFINITIONS = {
     'PMS_IP': (str, 'PMS', '127.0.0.1'),
     'PMS_IS_REMOTE': (int, 'PMS', 0),
     'PMS_LOGS_FOLDER': (str, 'PMS', ''),
-    'PMS_NAME': (str, 'PMS', ''),
+    'PMS_NAME': (unicode, 'PMS', ''),
     'PMS_PORT': (int, 'PMS', 32400),
     'PMS_TOKEN': (str, 'PMS', ''),
     'PMS_SSL': (int, 'General', 0),