diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 4fb1e42..99cc3a8 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ def getDkimKey():
     catProcess = subprocess.Popen(["cat", "/var/dkim/" + domain + ".selector.txt"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
     dkim = catProcess.communicate()[0]
     dkim = base64.b64encode(dkim)
+    dkim = str(dkim, 'utf-8')
     print(dkim)
     return "1" #jsonify(dkim) 
 @app.route("/pythonVersion", methods=["GET"])