1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/contrib/gnunet_pyexpect.py.in b/contrib/gnunet_pyexpect.py.in
index 9e5c83fa3..f8b7cc88f 100644
--- a/contrib/gnunet_pyexpect.py.in
+++ b/contrib/gnunet_pyexpect.py.in
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class pexpect (object):
           print ("Failed to find `{1}' in {0}, which is `{2}' ({3})".format (s, r, stream, len (stream)))

           sys.exit (2)

       raise ValueError ("Argument `r' should be an instance of re.RegexObject or a special string, but is `{0}'".format (r))

-    m = r.search (stream, flags)

+    m = r.search (stream.decode(), flags)

     if not m:

       print ("Failed to find `{1}' in {0}, which is is `{2}'".format (s, r.pattern, stream))

       sys.exit (2)