@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ from searx.plugins import (https_rewrite,
2626 tracker_url_remover,
2727 vim_hotkeys)
2828
29−required_attrs = (('name', str),
30− ('description', str),
29+required_attrs = (('name', (str, unicode)),
30+ ('description', (str, unicode)),
3131 ('default_on', bool))
3232
3333optional_attrs = (('js_dependencies', tuple),