diff --git a/importer.py b/importer.py
index b6311646acfbf444b4b252b047c186e01d079e87..50e17152d16fff9ac07b32ba57945b88ab0194ac 100644
--- a/importer.py
+++ b/importer.py
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ def import_from(id):
 					fmt= "%d.%m.%Y %H:%M"
 					e['time'] = datetime.strptime("%s %s"%(k,j['start']) ,fmt)
 					e['duration'] = int((datetime.strptime("%s %s"%(k,j['end']) ,fmt) - e['time']).seconds/60)
+					j['place'] = str(j['place'])
 					if j['place'] != '':
 						dbplace = query("SELECT name FROM places WHERE (campus_room = ?) OR (campus_name = ?) OR ((NOT campus_name) AND name = ?)",j['place'],j['place'],j['place'])
 						if dbplace: