diff --git a/Ghidra/Features/Python/src/main/java/ghidra/python/GhidraPythonInterpreter.java b/Ghidra/Features/Python/src/main/java/ghidra/python/GhidraPythonInterpreter.java
index 617f5eba0a..0f338e230c 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Features/Python/src/main/java/ghidra/python/GhidraPythonInterpreter.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Features/Python/src/main/java/ghidra/python/GhidraPythonInterpreter.java
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public class GhidraPythonInterpreter extends InteractiveInterpreter {
 		// Store the default python path in case we need to reset it later.
 		defaultPythonPath = new ArrayList<>();
 		for (Object object : systemState.path) {
-			defaultPythonPath.add(Py.newString(object.toString()));
+			defaultPythonPath.add(Py.newStringOrUnicode(object.toString()));
 		}
 
 		// Allow interruption of python code to occur when various code paths are
@@ -135,18 +135,18 @@ public class GhidraPythonInterpreter extends InteractiveInterpreter {
 
 		// Add in Ghidra script source directories
 		for (ResourceFile resourceFile : GhidraScriptUtil.getScriptSourceDirectories()) {
-			systemState.path.append(Py.newString(resourceFile.getFile(false).getAbsolutePath()));
+			systemState.path.append(Py.newStringOrUnicode(resourceFile.getFile(false).getAbsolutePath()));
 		}
 
 		for (ResourceFile resourceFile : GhidraScriptUtil.getExplodedCompiledSourceBundlePaths()) {
-			systemState.path.append(Py.newString(resourceFile.getFile(false).getAbsolutePath()));
+			systemState.path.append(Py.newStringOrUnicode(resourceFile.getFile(false).getAbsolutePath()));
 		}
 
 		// Add in the PyDev remote debugger module
 		if (!SystemUtilities.isInDevelopmentMode()) {
 			File pyDevSrcDir = PyDevUtils.getPyDevSrcDir();
 			if (pyDevSrcDir != null) {
-				systemState.path.append(Py.newString(pyDevSrcDir.getAbsolutePath()));
+				systemState.path.append(Py.newStringOrUnicode(pyDevSrcDir.getAbsolutePath()));
 			}
 		}
 	}