diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index d14ff44..6ffa70a 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class HTTPRequestHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
                 petname = petname_to_pubkey[p['user'][0]][p["petname"][0]]
                 print(f"http://{pubkey_to_server[petname]}/tunnel?pubkey={petname}&path={p['path'][0]}")
                 res = get(f"http://{pubkey_to_server[petname]}/tunnel?pubkey={petname}&path={p['path'][0]}").text
-                self.wfile.write(res)
+                self.wfile.write(res.encode('utf-8'))
         elif func == "getinbox":
             user = p['user'][0]
             self.wfile.write(str(Fetch(user)).encode('utf-8'))