diff --git a/home/page/latest_updates/latest_updates.py b/home/page/latest_updates/latest_updates.py
index 4eb208f9521..b4e3f440a93 100644
--- a/home/page/latest_updates/latest_updates.py
+++ b/home/page/latest_updates/latest_updates.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ def make():
 		out.seek(0)
 		last_commit = None
 		for l in out.readlines():
+			l = l.decode('utf-8')
 			if last_commit is not None:
 				if l.startswith("Date:"):
 					last_commit["date"] = l[8:-1]
@@ -59,4 +60,4 @@ def make():
 		lufile.write(json.dumps(logs, indent=1, sort_keys=True))
 	
 if __name__=="__main__":
-	make()
\ No newline at end of file
+	make()