diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d25791f..05b0044 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 
 #Changelog.
 
+## Version 0.4.1c: ##
+- Bug Fix: encoding.to_binary and to_unicode now transform other datatypes (like int) into that type as well.  Fixes [issue #32](https://github.com/luckydonald/pytg/issues/32), and that closes [issue 31](https://github.com/luckydonald/pytg/issues/31)
+
 ## Version 0.4.1b: ##
 - added ```Receiver.queued_messages()```, showing how many messages are waiting in the queue.
 
diff --git a/pytg/__init__.py b/pytg/__init__.py
index b96df62..2527655 100644
--- a/pytg/__init__.py
+++ b/pytg/__init__.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 
 __all__ = ["receiver", "sender", "Telegram"]
-VERSION = "0.4.1b"
+VERSION = "0.4.1c"
 
 class Telegram(object):
 	"""
diff --git a/pytg/encoding.py b/pytg/encoding.py
index e798200..b49bf73 100644
--- a/pytg/encoding.py
+++ b/pytg/encoding.py
@@ -4,33 +4,37 @@
 import sys
 
 if sys.version < '3': # python 2.7
-    text_type = unicode
-    binary_type = str
-    native_type = binary_type
-    long_int = long
-    def to_native(x):
-        return to_binary(x)
+	text_type = unicode
+	binary_type = str
+	native_type = binary_type
+	long_int = long
+	def to_native(x):
+		return to_binary(x)
 else: # python 3
-    text_type = str
-    binary_type = bytes
-    native_type = text_type
-    long_int = int
-    def to_native(x):
-        return to_unicode(x)
+	text_type = str
+	binary_type = bytes
+	native_type = text_type
+	long_int = int
+	def to_native(x):
+		return to_unicode(x)
 
 
-def to_binary(x):
-    if isinstance(x, text_type):
-        return x.encode("utf-8")
-    else:
-        return x
+def to_binary(x, force=False):
+	if isinstance(x, text_type):
+		return x.encode("utf-8")
+	elif isinstance(x, binary_type):
+		return x
+	else:
+		return to_binary(str(x))
 
 
 def to_unicode(x):
-    if isinstance(x, binary_type):
-        if x == b'\\':
-            return u"\\"
-        return x.decode("utf-8")
-    else:
-        return x
+	if isinstance(x, binary_type):
+		if x == b'\\':
+			return u"\\"
+		return x.decode("utf-8")
+	elif isinstance(x, text_type):
+		return x
+	else:
+		return to_unicode(str(x))