diff --git a/plugins/python/uwsgi_pymodule.c b/plugins/python/uwsgi_pymodule.c
index 8623c577..ec8488a3 100644
--- a/plugins/python/uwsgi_pymodule.c
+++ b/plugins/python/uwsgi_pymodule.c
@@ -1243,36 +1243,36 @@ PyObject *py_uwsgi_send_spool(PyObject * self, PyObject * args, PyObject *kw) {
 		return PyErr_Format(PyExc_ValueError, "The argument of spooler callable must be a dictionary");
 	}
 
-	PyObject *pyprio = PyDict_GetItemString(spool_dict, "priority");
+	PyObject *pyprio = uwsgi_py_dict_get(spool_dict, "priority");
 	if (pyprio) {
 		if (PyInt_Check(pyprio)) {
 			numprio = PyInt_AsLong(pyprio);
-			PyDict_DelItemString(spool_dict, "priority");
+			uwsgi_py_dict_del(spool_dict, "priority");
 		}
 	}
 
-	PyObject *pyat = PyDict_GetItemString(spool_dict, "at");
+	PyObject *pyat = uwsgi_py_dict_get(spool_dict, "at");
 	if (pyat) {
 		if (PyInt_Check(pyat)) {
 			at = (time_t) PyInt_AsLong(pyat);
-			PyDict_DelItemString(spool_dict, "at");
+			uwsgi_py_dict_del(spool_dict, "at");
 		}
 		else if (PyLong_Check(pyat)) {
 			at = (time_t) PyLong_AsLong(pyat);
-			PyDict_DelItemString(spool_dict, "at");
+			uwsgi_py_dict_del(spool_dict, "at");
 		}
 		else if (PyFloat_Check(pyat)) {
 			at = (time_t) PyFloat_AsDouble(pyat);
-			PyDict_DelItemString(spool_dict, "at");
+			uwsgi_py_dict_del(spool_dict, "at");
 		}
 	}
 
-	PyObject *pybody = PyDict_GetItemString(spool_dict, "body");
+	PyObject *pybody = uwsgi_py_dict_get(spool_dict, "body");
 	if (pybody) {
 		if (PyString_Check(pybody)) {
 			body = PyString_AsString(pybody);
 			body_len = PyString_Size(pybody);
-			PyDict_DelItemString(spool_dict, "body");
+			uwsgi_py_dict_del(spool_dict, "body");
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1293,6 +1293,8 @@ PyObject *py_uwsgi_send_spool(PyObject * self, PyObject * args, PyObject *kw) {
 				key = PyTuple_GetItem(zero, 0);
 				val = PyTuple_GetItem(zero, 1);
 
+				uwsgi_log("ob_type %s %s\n", key->ob_type->tp_name, val->ob_type->tp_name);
+
 				if (PyString_Check(key) && PyString_Check(val)) {
 
 
diff --git a/plugins/python/uwsgi_python.h b/plugins/python/uwsgi_python.h
index a9464b5c..d59a28cf 100644
--- a/plugins/python/uwsgi_python.h
+++ b/plugins/python/uwsgi_python.h
@@ -61,10 +61,14 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyMarshal_ReadObjectFromString(char *, Py_ssize_t);
 #define	PyString_Concat		PyBytes_Concat
 #define	PyString_AsString	(char *) PyBytes_AsString
 #define PyFile_FromFile(A,B,C,D) PyFile_FromFd(fileno((A)), (B), (C), -1, NULL, NULL, NULL, 0)
+#define uwsgi_py_dict_get(a, b) PyDict_GetItem(a, PyBytes_FromString(b));
+#define uwsgi_py_dict_del(a, b) PyDict_DelItem(a, PyBytes_FromString(b));
 
 #else
 #define UWSGI_PYFROMSTRING(x) PyString_FromString(x)
 #define UWSGI_PYFROMSTRINGSIZE(x, y) PyString_FromStringAndSize(x, y)
+#define uwsgi_py_dict_get(a, b) PyDict_GetItemString(a, b)
+#define uwsgi_py_dict_del(a, b) PyDict_DelItemString(a, b)
 #endif
 
 #define LOADER_DYN              0