1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/push.py b/push.py
index 4025023..b020b14 100755
--- a/push.py
+++ b/push.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ except TypeError:
   title = None
 else:
   try:
-    title = title.decode(encoding).encode('utf-8')
+    title = bytes(title).decode(encoding).encode('utf-8')
   except (NameError, TypeError):
     pass
 
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ else:
 
 # Recode payload to utf-8 if possible
 try:
-  payload = payload.decode(encoding).encode('utf-8')
+  payload = bytes(payload).decode(encoding).encode('utf-8')
 except (NameError, TypeError):
   pass