diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index d0469c3..491f4fe 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ recursive-exclude * *.py[co]
 
 recursive-include docs *.rst conf.py Makefile make.bat
 
-# package specific instructions
-include mciutil/cli/mideu.yml
+recursive-include *.yml
 include versioneer.py
 include mciutil/_version.py
diff --git a/mciutil/cli/common.py b/mciutil/cli/common.py
index 8be9c61..466306d 100644
--- a/mciutil/cli/common.py
+++ b/mciutil/cli/common.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import sys
 import logging
 import csv
+from pkg_resources import resource_filename
 
 LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -86,12 +87,14 @@ def get_config_filename(config_filename):
     user_home_dir = os.path.expanduser("~")
 
     if os.path.isfile(current_dir + "/" + config_filename):
-        return current_dir + "/" + config_filename
+        config_filename = current_dir + "/" + config_filename
     elif os.path.isfile(user_home_dir + "/." + config_filename):
-        return user_home_dir + "/." + config_filename
+        config_filename = user_home_dir + "/." + config_filename
     else:
-        module_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
-        return module_dir + "/" + config_filename
+        module_dir = resource_filename("mciutil", "cli")
+        config_filename = module_dir + "/" + config_filename
+    LOGGER.info("Using {0} config file".format(config_filename))
+    return config_filename
 
 
 def add_to_csv(data_list, field_list, output_filename):
@@ -103,20 +106,40 @@ def add_to_csv(data_list, field_list, output_filename):
     :param output_filename: filename for output CSV file
     :return: None
     """
+    try:
+        instance_type = unicode
+        file_mode = "wb"
+    except NameError:
+        instance_type = str
+        file_mode = "w"
+
     filtered_data_list = filter_data_list(data_list, field_list)
 
-    with open(output_filename, "w") as output_file:
+    with open(output_filename, file_mode) as output_file:
         writer = csv.DictWriter(output_file,
                                 fieldnames=field_list,
                                 extrasaction="ignore",
                                 lineterminator="\n")
+
         # python 2.6 does not support writeheader() so skip
         if sys.version_info[0] == 2 and sys.version_info[1] == 6:
             pass
         else:
             writer.writeheader()
 
-        writer.writerows(filtered_data_list)
+        for item in filtered_data_list:
+            if file_mode == "w":
+                row = dict(
+                    (k, v.decode('latin1') if not isinstance(v, instance_type) else v)
+                    for k, v in item.items()
+                )
+            else:
+                row = dict(
+                    (k, v.encode('utf-8') if isinstance(v, instance_type) else v)
+                    for k, v in item.items()
+                )
+            writer.writerow(row)
+
     LOGGER.info("%s records written", len(data_list))
 
 
@@ -145,7 +168,7 @@ def filter_dictionary(dictionary, field_list):
     return_dictionary = {}
     for item in dictionary:
         if item in field_list:
-            return_dictionary[item] = dictionary[item].decode()
+            return_dictionary[item] = dictionary[item]
 
     return return_dictionary
 
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 3a09b53..5a4e536 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -5,5 +5,4 @@ universal = 1
 VCS = git
 style = pep440
 versionfile_source = mciutil/_version.py
-versionfile_build = mciutil/_version.py
 tag_prefix =
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3dba435..ff50252 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -32,9 +32,10 @@
     packages=[
         'mciutil', 'mciutil.cli'
     ],
-    package_dir={'mciutil':
-                 'mciutil'},
     include_package_data=True,
+    package_data={
+        'mciutil.cli': ['*.yml']
+    },
     install_requires=requirements,
     entry_points={
         'console_scripts': [
diff --git a/tests/test_mideu.py b/tests/test_mideu.py
index f9dd677..ee884e2 100644
--- a/tests/test_mideu.py
+++ b/tests/test_mideu.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 import os.path
 import sys
@@ -143,7 +145,19 @@ class FilteredDictionaryTest(TestCase):
     def test_filter_dict(self):
         dict = {"a": b("123"), "b": b("456"), "c": b("789")}
         field_list = ["a", "c"]
-        expected_dict = {"a": "123", "c": "789"}
+        expected_dict = {"a": b("123"), "c": b("789")}
+        actual_dict = filter_dictionary(dict, field_list)
+        self.assertEqual(len(actual_dict), 2)
+        self.assertEqual(actual_dict, expected_dict)
+
+    def test_filter_dict_with_latin1(self):
+        dict = {
+            "a": b("123\xc9"),
+            "b": b("456\xc9"),
+            "c": b("789\xc9")
+        }
+        field_list = ["a", "c"]
+        expected_dict = {"a": b("123\xc9"), "c": b("789\xc9")}
         actual_dict = filter_dictionary(dict, field_list)
         self.assertEqual(len(actual_dict), 2)
         self.assertEqual(actual_dict, expected_dict)