1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake/lib/toaster/bldcontrol/management/commands/loadconf.py b/bitbake/lib/toaster/bldcontrol/management/commands/loadconf.py
index 6d25df9e54..173e3ce579 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/toaster/bldcontrol/management/commands/loadconf.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/toaster/bldcontrol/management/commands/loadconf.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
             (out,err) = cmd.communicate()
             if cmd.returncode != 0:
                 logging.warning("Error while importing layer vcs_url: git error: %s" % err)
-            for line in out.split("\n"):
+            for line in out.decode('utf-8').split("\n"):
                 try:
                     (name, path) = line.split("\t", 1)
                     if name == remote_name: