diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 3397760f9..e5e1b8adf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+4.0.4
+
+    * Fixes bug with pulling the userData property for the virtual server detail
+
+    * Fixes a class of bugs invloving unicode from the API
+
 4.0.3
 
     * Fixes bug with `slcli vs ready` command
diff --git a/SoftLayer/CLI/formatting.py b/SoftLayer/CLI/formatting.py
index 4f10980de..6f35a9855 100644
--- a/SoftLayer/CLI/formatting.py
+++ b/SoftLayer/CLI/formatting.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def format_output(data, fmt='table'):  # pylint: disable=R0911,R0912
     # responds to .formatted
     if hasattr(data, 'formatted'):
         if fmt == 'table':
-            return str(data.formatted)
+            return data.formatted
 
     # responds to .separator
     if hasattr(data, 'separator'):
diff --git a/SoftLayer/consts.py b/SoftLayer/consts.py
index 674f04608..0279225c5 100644
--- a/SoftLayer/consts.py
+++ b/SoftLayer/consts.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
     :license: MIT, see LICENSE for more details.
 """
-VERSION = 'v4.0.3'
+VERSION = 'v4.0.4'
 API_PUBLIC_ENDPOINT = 'https://api.softlayer.com/xmlrpc/v3.1/'
 API_PRIVATE_ENDPOINT = 'https://api.service.softlayer.com/xmlrpc/v3.1/'
 API_PUBLIC_ENDPOINT_REST = 'https://api.softlayer.com/rest/v3.1/'
diff --git a/SoftLayer/managers/vs.py b/SoftLayer/managers/vs.py
index ebd523f45..30de90b35 100644
--- a/SoftLayer/managers/vs.py
+++ b/SoftLayer/managers/vs.py
@@ -191,7 +191,6 @@ def get_instance(self, instance_id, **kwargs):
                 'blockDevices',
                 'blockDeviceTemplateGroup[id, name, globalIdentifier]',
                 'postInstallScriptUri',
-                'userData',
                 '''operatingSystem[passwords[username,password],
                                    softwareLicense.softwareDescription[
                                        manufacturer,name,version,
diff --git a/SoftLayer/tests/CLI/helper_tests.py b/SoftLayer/tests/CLI/helper_tests.py
index 7862ef008..873d58a89 100644
--- a/SoftLayer/tests/CLI/helper_tests.py
+++ b/SoftLayer/tests/CLI/helper_tests.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """
     SoftLayer.tests.CLI.helper_tests
     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -357,6 +358,17 @@ def test_format_output_python_keyvaluetable(self):
         ret = formatting.format_output(t, 'python')
         self.assertEqual({'nothing': None}, ret)
 
+    def test_format_output_unicode(self):
+        t = formatting.format_output('☃', 'raw')
+        self.assertEqual('☃', t)
+
+        item = formatting.FormattedItem('raw ☃', '☃')
+        t = formatting.format_output(item)
+        self.assertEqual('☃', t)
+
+        t = formatting.format_output(item, 'raw')
+        self.assertEqual('raw ☃', t)
+
 
 class TestTemplateArgs(testing.TestCase):
 
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 0472001bc..8f480496c 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '4.0.3'
+version = '4.0.4'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '4.0.3'
+release = '4.0.4'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 88132dbe8..3f329b77b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='SoftLayer',
-    version='4.0.3',
+    version='4.0.4',
     description=DESCRIPTION,
     long_description=LONG_DESCRIPTION,
     author='SoftLayer Technologies, Inc.',