diff --git a/slurmpy/slurmpy.py b/slurmpy/slurmpy.py
index 966e9b0..0612d9a 100755
--- a/slurmpy/slurmpy.py
+++ b/slurmpy/slurmpy.py
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ def run(self, command, name_addition=None, cmd_kwargs=None,
                 args.append(mid)
             args.append(sh.name)
             res = subprocess.check_output(args).strip()
-            print(res, file=sys.stderr)
+            print(res.decode(), file=sys.stderr)
             self.name = n
             if not res.startswith(b"Submitted batch"):
                 return None