diff --git a/lib/bmc_dbus.robot b/lib/bmc_dbus.robot
index 160fec1..0256dfe 100644
--- a/lib/bmc_dbus.robot
+++ b/lib/bmc_dbus.robot
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     @{dbus_list}=  Create List
     FOR  ${item}  IN  @{dbus_uri_list}
         ${item}=  Set Variable  ${item.strip()}
-        ${item}=  return_decoded_string  ${item}
+        ${item}=  Remove Unicode From Uri  ${item}
         Append To List  ${dbus_list}  ${item}
     END
 
diff --git a/lib/utils.py b/lib/utils.py
index c8971b1..d19f840 100644
--- a/lib/utils.py
+++ b/lib/utils.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     from robot.utils import DotDict
 except ImportError:
     pass
-
+import re
 
 # The code base directory will be one level up from the directory containing this module.
 code_base_dir_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)) + os.sep
@@ -484,3 +484,11 @@
     encoded_string = input.encode("ascii", "ignore")
     decoded_string = encoded_string.decode()
     return decoded_string
+
+
+def remove_unicode_from_uri(uri):
+    r"""
+    returns dbus uri without unicode in prefix
+    """
+
+    return re.sub("`-|\\|-", "", uri)