diff --git a/bin/pandora_client b/bin/pandora_client
index 1a9535f..d6ed302 100755
--- a/bin/pandora_client
+++ b/bin/pandora_client
@@ -68,6 +68,6 @@ for more information visit https://wiki.0x2620.org/wiki/pandora_client''' % ', '
                 }, f, indent=2)
     pandora_client.DEBUG = opts.debug
     c = pandora_client.Client(opts.config, offline)
-    args = [a.decode('utf-8') if isinstance(a, str) else a for a in args[1:]]
+    args = [a.decode('utf-8') if isinstance(a, bytes) else a for a in args[1:]]
     getattr(c, action)(args)