diff --git a/oxdbarchive/model.py b/oxdbarchive/model.py
index 8836158..fcddc2c 100644
--- a/oxdbarchive/model.py
+++ b/oxdbarchive/model.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class Archive(SQLObject):
       dto = socket.getdefaulttimeout()
       socket.setdefaulttimeout(256)
       url = "%s/%s?md5sum=%s" % (self.baseUrlFrontend, action, md5sum)
-      print url
+      #print url
       result = read_url(url)
       #print "Frontend:", result['result']
       socket.setdefaulttimeout(dto)
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ class Archive(SQLObject):
         ret = "added entry"
     f.updateMeta()
     self.notifyFrontend('add', f.md5sum)
-    return ret
+    return ret.encode('utf-8')
   
   def removeFile(self, md5sum):
     '''