diff --git a/ox/web/imdb.py b/ox/web/imdb.py
index c810b80..8e011cc 100644
--- a/ox/web/imdb.py
+++ b/ox/web/imdb.py
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ def get_episodes(imdbId, season=None):
     url = 'http://www.imdb.com/title/tt%s/episodes' % imdbId
     if season:
         url += '?season=%d' % season
-        data = cache.read_url(url)
+        data = cache.read_url(url).decode()
         for e in re.compile('<div data-const="tt(\d{7})".*?>.*?<div>S(\d+), Ep(\d+)<\/div>\n<\/div>', re.DOTALL).findall(data):
             episodes['S%02dE%02d' % (int(e[1]), int(e[2]))] = e[0]
     else: