diff --git a/xerox/win.py b/xerox/win.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/xerox/win.py
+++ b/xerox/win.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def paste():
     """Returns system clipboard contents."""
 
     clip.OpenClipboard() 
-    d = clip.GetClipboardData(win32con.CF_TEXT) 
+    d = clip.GetClipboardData(win32con.CF_UNICODETEXT)
     clip.CloseClipboard() 
     return d
Ensure Unicode is returned for Windows