diff --git a/coverage-report.py b/coverage-report.py
index 9c10eedc802d1c1e2aacfb981e52e0211ec123d6..35ec94e30987cc50df7586f17d9fa0140584ea30 100755
--- a/coverage-report.py
+++ b/coverage-report.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import subprocess
 
 p = subprocess.Popen(['coverage', 'report'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
 out, err = p.communicate()
+out = out.decode('utf-8') 
 
 for line in out.splitlines():
     print(line)