1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake/lib/toaster/bldcontrol/localhostbecontroller.py b/bitbake/lib/toaster/bldcontrol/localhostbecontroller.py
index b4e41968f1..3da8be4358 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/toaster/bldcontrol/localhostbecontroller.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/toaster/bldcontrol/localhostbecontroller.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class LocalhostBEController(BuildEnvironmentController):
             raise ShellCmdException(err)
         else:
             logger.debug("localhostbecontroller: shellcmd success")
-            return out
+            return out.decode('utf-8')
 
     def getGitCloneDirectory(self, url, branch):
         """Construct unique clone directory name out of url and branch."""