1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/examples/ping.py b/examples/ping.py
index fe4d23a4..0e53b1dd 100755
--- a/examples/ping.py
+++ b/examples/ping.py
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ import sleekxmpp
 # throughout SleekXMPP, we will set the default encoding
 # ourselves to UTF-8.
 if sys.version_info < (3, 0):
-    reload(sys)
-    sys.setdefaultencoding('utf8')
+    from sleekxmpp.util.misc_ops import setdefaultencoding
+    setdefaultencoding('utf8')
 else:
     raw_input = input