https://github.com/mrbeam/MrBeamPlugin/pull/1491#discussion_r876909720

Author: Josef-MrBeam

octoprint_mrbeam/analytics/usage_handler.py

@@ -398,6 +398,7 @@ def _repair_backup_usage_data(self):
         with open(self._backup_file, "r") as stream:
             data = yaml.load(stream)
         if self._validate_data(data):
+            #checks if the version is saved in unicode and converts it into a string see SW-1269
             if isinstance(data["version"], unicode):
                 data["version"] = unicodedata.normalize('NFKD', data["version"]).encode('ascii', 'ignore')
             data["restored"] = (