diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index 46fe4c7..a5e35f8 100755
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ Index attributes adapter
   >>> from loops.resource import IndexAttributes
   >>> idx = IndexAttributes(doc1)
   >>> idx.text()
-  ''
+  u''
 
   >>> idx.title()
   u'doc1 Zope Info'
diff --git a/resource.py b/resource.py
index b251565..38373db 100644
--- a/resource.py
+++ b/resource.py
@@ -237,8 +237,10 @@ class IndexAttributes(object):
     def text(self):
         context = self.context
         if not context.contentType.startswith('text'):
-            return ''
+            return u''
         data = context.data
+        if type(data) != unicode:
+            data = data.decode('UTF-8')
         # TODO: transform to plain text
         #return ' '.join((zapi.getName(context), context.title, data)).strip()
         return data