diff --git a/sqlmap.py b/sqlmap.py
index 161aa6727..ad1451556 100755
--- a/sqlmap.py
+++ b/sqlmap.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def modulePath():
     except NameError:
         _ = inspect.getsourcefile(modulePath)
 
-    return getUnicode(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(_)), sys.getfilesystemencoding())
+    return getUnicode(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(_)), encoding=sys.getfilesystemencoding())
 
 def main():
     """