diff --git a/server/netwrapper.py b/server/netwrapper.py
index b7b38ef..cae72f6 100644
--- a/server/netwrapper.py
+++ b/server/netwrapper.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class NetWrapper:
         cipher = PKCS1_OAEP.new(self.currentClientPublicKey)
         identMsg = json.dumps(
             {'type': 'IDY', 'source': self.network.own_addr,
-             'message': b64encode(cipher.encrypt(retmsg.encode('UTF-8')))}).encode(
+             'message': b64encode(cipher.encrypt(retmsg.encode('UTF-8')))}).decode(
             'ASCII')
         self.network.send_msg(self.clientAddr, identMsg)