From 1d74a36e1a6c019a9dce35810f5059514a4fced1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeremy Stretch <jstretch@digitalocean.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2016 13:34:22 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes #702: Improved Unicode support for custom fields

---
 netbox/extras/models.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/netbox/extras/models.py b/netbox/extras/models.py
index 609e878e980..f58a3205c9b 100644
--- a/netbox/extras/models.py
+++ b/netbox/extras/models.py
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ def serialize_value(self, value):
         if self.type == CF_TYPE_SELECT:
             # Could be ModelChoiceField or TypedChoiceField
             return str(value.id) if hasattr(value, 'id') else str(value)
-        return str(value)
+        return value
 
     def deserialize_value(self, serialized_value):
         """