diff --git a/lib/svtplay_dl/service/solidtango.py b/lib/svtplay_dl/service/solidtango.py
index a5e5329..f488f7b 100644
--- a/lib/svtplay_dl/service/solidtango.py
+++ b/lib/svtplay_dl/service/solidtango.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from svtplay_dl.service import Service
 from svtplay_dl.fetcher.hls import hlsparse
 from svtplay_dl.error import ServiceError
 from svtplay_dl.utils.urllib import urlparse
+from svtplay_dl.utils import is_py2
 
 
 class Solidtango(Service):
@@ -53,7 +54,10 @@ class Solidtango(Service):
             if data.status_code != 200:
                 yield ServiceError("Can't find video info. if there is a video on the page. its a bug.")
                 return
-            xml = ET.XML(data.text)
+            xmldoc = data.text
+            if is_py2 and isinstance(xmldoc, unicode):
+                xmldoc = xmldoc.encode("utf8")
+            xml = ET.XML(xmldoc)
             elements = xml.findall(".//manifest")
             streams = hlsparse(self.options, self.http.request("get", elements[0].text), elements[0].text)
             for n in list(streams.keys()):