diff --git a/ox/web/wikipedia.py b/ox/web/wikipedia.py
index d633a41..d288be6 100644
--- a/ox/web/wikipedia.py
+++ b/ox/web/wikipedia.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def getUrlByAllmovieId(allmovieId):
 def getWikiData(wikipediaUrl):
     url = wikipediaUrl.replace('wikipedia.org/wiki/', 'wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=')
     url = "%s&action=raw" % url
-    data = readUrlUnicode(url)
+    data = readUrl(url).decode('utf-8')
     return data
 
 def getMovieData(wikipediaUrl):