diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/middleware/simplevcs.py b/rhodecode/lib/middleware/simplevcs.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/middleware/simplevcs.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/middleware/simplevcs.py
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ from rhodecode.lib.exceptions import (Us
 from rhodecode.lib.hooks_daemon import prepare_callback_daemon
 from rhodecode.lib.middleware import appenlight
 from rhodecode.lib.middleware.utils import scm_app_http
+from rhodecode.lib.str_utils import safe_bytes
 from rhodecode.lib.utils import is_valid_repo, SLUG_RE
 from rhodecode.lib.utils2 import safe_str, fix_PATH, str2bool, safe_unicode
 from rhodecode.lib.vcs.conf import settings as vcs_settings
@@ -244,7 +245,10 @@ class SimpleVCS(object):
             if by_id_match:
                 data[1] = by_id_match.repo_name
 
-        return safe_str('/'.join(data))
+        # Because PEP-3333-WSGI uses bytes-tunneled-in-latin-1 as PATH_INFO
+        # and we use this data
+        maybe_new_path = '/'.join(data)
+        return safe_bytes(maybe_new_path).decode('latin1')
 
     def _invalidate_cache(self, repo_name):
         """
diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/middleware/utils/__init__.py b/rhodecode/lib/middleware/utils/__init__.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/middleware/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/middleware/utils/__init__.py
@@ -17,3 +17,12 @@
 # This program is dual-licensed. If you wish to learn more about the
 # RhodeCode Enterprise Edition, including its added features, Support services,
 # and proprietary license terms, please see https://rhodecode.com/licenses/
+
+from rhodecode.lib.str_utils import safe_str
+
+
+def get_path_info(environ):
+    """
+    Because PEP-3333-WSGI uses bytes-tunneled-in-latin-1 as PATH_INFO, we use a decoded version here !
+    """
+    return safe_str(environ['PATH_INFO'].encode('latin1'))