diff --git a/tests/test_sftp.py b/tests/test_sftp.py
index 1a7ad02..70fd910 100755
--- a/tests/test_sftp.py
+++ b/tests/test_sftp.py
@@ -72,8 +72,10 @@ FOLDER = os.environ.get('TEST_FOLDER', 'temp-testing000')
 sftp = None
 tc = None
 g_big_file_test = True
+# we need to use eval(compile()) here because Py3.2 doesn't support the 'u' marker for unicode
+# this test is the only line in the entire program that has to be treated specially to support Py3.2
 unicode_folder = eval(compile(r"u'\u00fcnic\u00f8de'" if PY2 else r"'\u00fcnic\u00f8de'", 'test_sftp.py', 'eval'))
-utf8_folder = eval(compile(r"'/\xc3\xbcnic\xc3\xb8\x64\x65'" if PY2 else r"b'/\xc3\xbcnic\xc3\xb8\x64\x65'", 'test_sftp.py', 'eval'))
+utf8_folder = b'/\xc3\xbcnic\xc3\xb8\x64\x65'
 
 def get_sftp():
     global sftp