diff --git a/install_erpnext.py b/install_erpnext.py
index 79f79d7cc0a..7f3b8c3b655 100644
--- a/install_erpnext.py
+++ b/install_erpnext.py
@@ -332,9 +332,11 @@ def exec_in_shell(cmd):
 
 			stdout.seek(0)
 			out = stdout.read()
+			if out: out = out.decode('utf-8')
 
 			stderr.seek(0)
 			err = stderr.read()
+			if err: err = err.decode('utf-8')
 
 	if err and any((kw in err.lower() for kw in ["traceback", "error", "exception"])):
 		print out
@@ -345,4 +347,4 @@ def exec_in_shell(cmd):
 	return out
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-	install()
\ No newline at end of file
+	install()