diff --git a/bz-1573927.patch b/bz-1573927.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..421f98c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bz-1573927.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -uNr terminator-1.91.orig/terminatorlib/plugins/custom_commands.py terminator-1.91/terminatorlib/plugins/custom_commands.py
+--- terminator-1.91.orig/terminatorlib/plugins/custom_commands.py	2019-12-20 22:12:24.475810054 -0500
++++ terminator-1.91/terminatorlib/plugins/custom_commands.py	2019-12-20 22:18:07.372918068 -0500
+@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
+       if command[-1] != '\n':
+         command = command + '\n'
+       for terminal in data['terminals']:
+-        terminal.vte.feed_child(command,  len(command))
++        terminal.vte.feed_child_binary(command.encode(terminal.vte.get_encoding()))
+ 
+     def configure(self, widget, data = None):
+       ui = {}
diff --git a/terminator.spec b/terminator.spec
index 467bd18..e63093d 100644
--- a/terminator.spec
+++ b/terminator.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           terminator
 Version:        1.91
-Release:        12%{?dist}
+Release:        14%{?dist}
 Summary:        Store and run multiple GNOME terminals in one window
 
 License:        GPLv2
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Requires:       python3-psutil
 Patch0:         0000-terminator-fix-desktop-file.patch
 Patch1: 	python3.patch
 Patch2:		terminator-py3-dnd.patch		
+Patch3:		bz-1573927.patch
 
 %description
 Multiple GNOME terminals in one window.  This is a project to produce
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ arrangements of terminals for different tasks.
 %patch0 -p0
 %patch1 -p1
 %patch2 -p0
+%patch3 -p1 
 
 
 %build
@@ -70,6 +72,8 @@ desktop-file-install --dir=${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_datadir}/applications data/%{name
 %{_datadir}/pixmaps/%{name}.png
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Dec 20 2019 Matt Rose <mattrose@folkwolf.net> - 1.91-14
+- fix bug 1573927 
 * Tue Dec 17 2019 Matt Rose <mattrose@folkwolf.net> - 1.91-12
 - Fix url Drag and Drop.  Thanks to Egmont Koblinger