diff --git a/octodns/source/tinydns.py b/octodns/source/tinydns.py
index dc2bc1b..0ee100a 100755
--- a/octodns/source/tinydns.py
+++ b/octodns/source/tinydns.py
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ class TinyDnsBaseSource(BaseSource):
         values = []
 
         for record in records:
-            new_value = record[0].decode('unicode-escape').replace(";", "\\;")
+            new_value = record[0].encode('latin1').decode('unicode-escape') \
+                .replace(";", "\\;")
             values.append(new_value)
 
         try: