diff --git a/pyfpdb/fpdb_import.py b/pyfpdb/fpdb_import.py
index 2ff5fc5a..03addc95 100644
--- a/pyfpdb/fpdb_import.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/fpdb_import.py
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ class Importer:
     def addFileToList(self, file, site, filter):
         now = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
         file = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(file))[0]
-        try:
+        try: #TODO: this is a dirty hack. GBI needs it, GAI fails with it.
             file = unicode(file, "utf8", "replace")
         except TypeError:
             pass