diff --git a/wakatime/projects/git.py b/wakatime/projects/git.py
index 7670bc9..ae433d5 100644
--- a/wakatime/projects/git.py
+++ b/wakatime/projects/git.py
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ except ImportError:
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
+# str is unicode in Python3
+try:
+    unicode
+except NameError:
+    unicode = str
+
+
 class Git(BaseProject):
 
     def process(self):
diff --git a/wakatime/projects/projectmap.py b/wakatime/projects/projectmap.py
index 77ac5ea..ea5ceff 100644
--- a/wakatime/projects/projectmap.py
+++ b/wakatime/projects/projectmap.py
@@ -29,6 +29,13 @@ from .base import BaseProject
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
+# str is unicode in Python3
+try:
+    unicode
+except NameError:
+    unicode = str
+
+
 class ProjectMap(BaseProject):
 
     def process(self):
diff --git a/wakatime/projects/subversion.py b/wakatime/projects/subversion.py
index e39db67..9a4c205 100644
--- a/wakatime/projects/subversion.py
+++ b/wakatime/projects/subversion.py
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ except ImportError:
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
+# str is unicode in Python3
+try:
+    unicode
+except NameError:
+    unicode = str
+
+
 class Subversion(BaseProject):
 
     def process(self):
diff --git a/wakatime/projects/wakatime.py b/wakatime/projects/wakatime.py
index db9ed56..6eea2a7 100644
--- a/wakatime/projects/wakatime.py
+++ b/wakatime/projects/wakatime.py
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ from .base import BaseProject
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
+# str is unicode in Python3
+try:
+    unicode
+except NameError:
+    unicode = str
+
+
 class WakaTime(BaseProject):
 
     def process(self):