diff --git a/README b/README
index 0cbb735b7cb2b672355a09c9b98fa84656f8f00f..2c7f27b26cf0c0719b8edb7f0a858ca1f73406ef 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -141,6 +141,13 @@ SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 Change history
 --------------
 
+Version 2.19c (02/25/2016)
+
+- Another patch for Python 2 and 3.  We needed to protect against
+  performing an encoding that caused an exception in generateDS.py
+  and process_includes.py.  Thanks to Marcus Schäfer for catching
+  this and for providing a fix.
+
 Version 2.19b (02/16/2016)
 
 - Modified generated code so that it will run under both Python 2
diff --git a/generateDS.py b/generateDS.py
index 70755e7b37bb19af93fe95a1650583f9849e0bf9..6ba42bf31884d7db5f280695e091d47fde199761 100755
--- a/generateDS.py
+++ b/generateDS.py
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ logging.disable(logging.INFO)
 # Do not modify the following VERSION comments.
 # Used by updateversion.py.
 ##VERSION##
-VERSION = '2.19b'
+VERSION = '2.19c'
 ##VERSION##
 
 if sys.version_info.major == 2:
diff --git a/generateDS.txt b/generateDS.txt
index d494381c30e5cf375ee79ef0677a06b5dbbb53cb..2a820d50f41429973d01319b76a47c6d7f811dcb 100644
--- a/generateDS.txt
+++ b/generateDS.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ generateDS -- Generate Data Structures from XML Schema
 
 .. version
 
-:revision: 2.19b
+:revision: 2.19c
 
 .. version
 
diff --git a/gui/generateds_gui.py b/gui/generateds_gui.py
index 077b8508a19f3f84914e3f89c8f37257d223dcf7..87693faabae2d25ea0af0508771c271efdf37089 100755
--- a/gui/generateds_gui.py
+++ b/gui/generateds_gui.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ from libgenerateDS.gui import generateds_gui_session
 # Do not modify the following VERSION comments.
 # Used by updateversion.py.
 ##VERSION##
-VERSION = '2.19b'
+VERSION = '2.19c'
 ##VERSION##
 
 
diff --git a/librarytemplate_howto.txt b/librarytemplate_howto.txt
index 5e68685b559c4bc4dec1e78f94033ef41d94614b..f7195fcfa36eff73042c920324773827ced34abd 100644
--- a/librarytemplate_howto.txt
+++ b/librarytemplate_howto.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ How to package a generateDS.py generated library
 
 .. version
 
-:revision: 2.19b
+:revision: 2.19c
 
 .. version
 
diff --git a/process_includes.py b/process_includes.py
index ed91e2bf21e7bf0340ac01c81781a0180d39e848..8293fd491d89597886ac92bbc5e1b8212c43b3a9 100755
--- a/process_includes.py
+++ b/process_includes.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ except ImportError:
 # Do not modify the following VERSION comments.
 # Used by updateversion.py.
 ##VERSION##
-VERSION = '2.19b'
+VERSION = '2.19c'
 ##VERSION##
 
 CatalogDict = {}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0f8dbf9f2c612d6f7eaeee915b70dcea2823277b..cb8b843f2db57fd672a223098c275b59f1537873 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ setup(name="generateDS",
 # Do not modify the following VERSION comments.
 # Used by updateversion.py.
 ##VERSION##
-    version="2.19b",
+    version="2.19c",
 ##VERSION##
     author="Dave Kuhlman",
     author_email="dkuhlman@davekuhlman.org",
diff --git a/tutorial/generateds_tutorial.txt b/tutorial/generateds_tutorial.txt
index b0e54893b6596b0ee83372fe4b8f3090e9d202b9..6aa62039cf489af121e898967d72d3b63683ae3e 100644
--- a/tutorial/generateds_tutorial.txt
+++ b/tutorial/generateds_tutorial.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ generateDS -- Introduction and Tutorial
 
 .. version
 
-:revision: 2.19b
+:revision: 2.19c
 
 .. version