diff --git a/DeDRM_plugin/config.py b/DeDRM_plugin/config.py
index c701c4a..3d0f321 100755
--- a/DeDRM_plugin/config.py
+++ b/DeDRM_plugin/config.py
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ class ConfigWidget(QWidget):
     def load_resource(self, name):
         with ZipFile(self.plugin_path, 'r') as zf:
             if name in zf.namelist():
-                return zf.read(name)
+                return zf.read(name).decode('utf-8')
         return ""