diff --git a/isrcsubmit.py b/isrcsubmit.py
index dc2b402..a61cd4c 100755
--- a/isrcsubmit.py
+++ b/isrcsubmit.py
@@ -404,8 +404,10 @@ def create(self, auth=False):
             if self.username is None:
                 printf("Please input your MusicBrainz username: ")
                 self.username = user_input()
-            printf("Please input your MusicBrainz password: ")
-            password = getpass.getpass("")
+            password = getpass.getpass(
+                                    "Please input your MusicBrainz password: ")
+            # The musicbrainz server seems to accept passwords in latin1"
+            password = password.decode(sys.stdin.encoding).encode("latin1")
             print("")
             if StrictVersion(musicbrainz2_version) >= "0.7.4":
                 # There is a warning printed above, when < 0.7.4