diff --git a/class/core/db.py b/class/core/db.py
index 5be95e8b9..a5052d305 100755
--- a/class/core/db.py
+++ b/class/core/db.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 import sqlite3
 import os
+import sys
 
 
 class Sql():
@@ -31,6 +32,14 @@ class Sql():
         except Exception as ex:
             return "error: " + str(ex)
 
+    def autoTextFactory():
+        if sys.version_info[0] == 3:
+            self.__DB_CONN.text_factory = lambda x: str(
+                x, encoding="utf-8", errors='ignore')
+        else:
+            self.__DB_CONN.text_factory = lambda x: unicode(
+                x, "utf-8", "ignore")
+
     def dbfile(self, name):
         self.__DB_FILE = 'data/' + name + '.db'
         return self
diff --git a/plugins/webstats/tool_migrate.py b/plugins/webstats/tool_migrate.py
index d190cae58..88aede22b 100644
--- a/plugins/webstats/tool_migrate.py
+++ b/plugins/webstats/tool_migrate.py
@@ -66,11 +66,7 @@ def pSqliteDb(dbname='web_logs', site_name='unset', fn="logs"):
     conn.execute("PRAGMA page_size = 4096", ())
     conn.execute("PRAGMA journal_mode = wal", ())
 
-    if sys.version_info[0] == 3:
-        conn.__DB_CONN.text_factory = lambda x: str(
-            x, encoding="utf-8", errors='ignore')
-    else:
-        conn.__DB_CONN.text_factory = lambda x: unicode(x, "utf-8", "ignore")
+    conn.autoTextFactory()
 
     # conn.text_factory = lambda x: str(x, encoding="utf-8", errors='ignore')
     # conn.text_factory = lambda x: unicode(x, "utf-8", "ignore")