diff --git a/tests/test_object_manager.py b/tests/test_object_manager.py
index 6cc14ed..d3fde7f 100644
--- a/tests/test_object_manager.py
+++ b/tests/test_object_manager.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
 import pytest
 import windows
 
@@ -41,4 +43,17 @@ def test_complex_object_path():
 def test_link_object():
     obj = objmanager["\\KnownDLLs\\KnownDLLPath"]
     assert obj.type == "SymbolicLink"
-    assert obj.target.lower() == "c:\windows\system32"
\ No newline at end of file
+    assert obj.target.lower() == "c:\windows\system32"
+
+# Test unicode string in Kernel object using an ALPC port
+
+UNICODE_PORT_NAME = u"こんにちは、世界！"
+UNICODE_PORT_PATH = u"\\RPC Control\\" + UNICODE_PORT_NAME
+
+def test_unicode_kernel_object():
+    alpc_port = windows.alpc.AlpcServer(UNICODE_PORT_PATH)
+    assert UNICODE_PORT_NAME in objmanager[u"\\RPC Control"].keys()
+    assert objmanager[UNICODE_PORT_PATH]
+    assert objmanager[UNICODE_PORT_PATH].fullname == UNICODE_PORT_PATH
+    import pdb;pdb.set_trace()
+    alpc_port.disconnect()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/windows/winobject/object_manager.py b/windows/winobject/object_manager.py
index 5a4c2f5..e1ac456 100644
--- a/windows/winobject/object_manager.py
+++ b/windows/winobject/object_manager.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def query_link(linkpath):
         # If our initial 1000 buffer is not enought (improbable) retry with correct size
         v = gdef.LSA_UNICODE_STRING.from_size(s.value)
         winproxy.NtQuerySymbolicLinkObject(res, v, s)
-    return v.str
+    return v.str # Unicode
 
 
 class KernelObject(object):
diff --git a/windows/winobject/process.py b/windows/winobject/process.py
index 105e5f0..92d8121 100644
--- a/windows/winobject/process.py
+++ b/windows/winobject/process.py
@@ -672,9 +672,7 @@ class CurrentProcess(Process):
 
     def write_memory(self, addr, data):
         """Write data at addr"""
-        data = bytes(raw_encode(data))
-        # buffertype = (c_char * len(data)).from_address(addr)
-        # buffertype[:len(data)] = data
+        data = bytes(raw_encode(data)) # We should only accept byte, but we are kind and will try to encode to latin-1 for simple ascii compat
         ctypes.memmove(addr, data, len(data))
         return True
 
@@ -1056,7 +1054,7 @@ class WinProcess(Process):
 
     def write_memory(self, addr, data):
         """Write `data` at `addr`"""
-        data = raw_encode(data)
+        data = raw_encode(data) # We should only accept byte, but we are kind and will try to encode to latin-1 for simple ascii compat
         if windows.current_process.bitness == 32 and self.bitness == 64:
             if not winproxy.is_implemented(winproxy.NtWow64WriteVirtualMemory64):
                 raise ValueError("NtWow64WriteVirtualMemory64 non available in ntdll: cannot write into 64bits processus")