diff --git a/libs/custom/utorrent/client.py b/libs/custom/utorrent/client.py
index f5eaf93b..ac1a9beb 100644
--- a/libs/custom/utorrent/client.py
+++ b/libs/custom/utorrent/client.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class UTorrentClient(object):
         url = urljoin(self.base_url, 'token.html')
         response = self.opener.open(url)
         token_re = "<div id='token' style='display:none;'>([^<>]+)</div>"
-        match = re.search(token_re, response.read())
+        match = re.search(token_re, str(response.read()))
         return match.group(1)
 
     def list(self, **kwargs):