diff --git a/lib/utilities.py b/lib/utilities.py
index 403164b..1ec3b71 100755
--- a/lib/utilities.py
+++ b/lib/utilities.py
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@
     )
     out_buf, err_buf = sub_proc.communicate()
     shell_rc = sub_proc.returncode
+    out_buf = out_buf.decode("utf-8")
 
     # Split the output by line.
     rows = out_buf.rstrip("\n").split("\n")