diff --git a/spacy/__main__.py b/spacy/__main__.py
index b252c4a44..9addbccde 100644
--- a/spacy/__main__.py
+++ b/spacy/__main__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # coding: utf8
-from __future__ import unicode_literals, print_function
+# 
+from __future__ import print_function
+# NB! This breaks in plac on Python 2!!
+#from __future__ import unicode_literals,
 
 import plac
 from spacy.cli import download as cli_download