diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_logging_view.xml b/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_logging_view.xml
index afc7a07f3aa..f963fc0d393 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_logging_view.xml
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_logging_view.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
             <field name="arch" type="xml">
                 <tree string="Logs" version="7.0">
                     <field name="create_date" />
+                    <field name="create_uid" />
                     <field name="dbname" />
                     <field name="type" />
                     <field name="name" />
@@ -61,6 +62,5 @@
             <field name="search_view_id" ref="ir_logging_search_view" />
         </record>
         <menuitem parent="base.menu_custom" id="ir_logging_all_menu" action="ir_logging_all_act" />
-
     </data>
 </openerp>
diff --git a/openerp/netsvc.py b/openerp/netsvc.py
index 579f495d56b..3de345a0adf 100644
--- a/openerp/netsvc.py
+++ b/openerp/netsvc.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class PostgreSQLHandler(logging.Handler):
             cr = None
             try:
                 cr = sql_db.db_connect(dbname).cursor()
-                msg = record.msg
+                msg = unicode(record.msg)
                 traceback = getattr(record, 'exc_text', '')
                 if traceback:
                     msg = "%s\n%s" % (msg, traceback)