1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/sbin/bcfg2 b/src/sbin/bcfg2
index 7f7d8f5c6..996d773ff 100755
--- a/src/sbin/bcfg2
+++ b/src/sbin/bcfg2
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ class Client:
                     raise SystemExit(1)
 
             try:
-                rawconfig = proxy.GetConfig()
+                rawconfig = proxy.GetConfig().encode('UTF-8')
             except xmlrpclib.Fault:
                 self.logger.error("Failed to download configuration from Bcfg2")
                 raise SystemExit(2)