diff --git a/src/vpoller-client b/src/vpoller-client
index b63679a..2f46bf9 100755
--- a/src/vpoller-client
+++ b/src/vpoller-client
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ Examples:
 
     data = client.run(msg)
 
-    print('{}'.format(data))
+    print(data.encode('utf-8'))
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
diff --git a/src/vpoller-proxy b/src/vpoller-proxy
index c229197..699a281 100755
--- a/src/vpoller-proxy
+++ b/src/vpoller-proxy
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def stop(endpoint):
     client = VPollerClient(endpoint=endpoint, timeout=1000, retries=3)
     result = client.run({'method': 'shutdown'})
 
-    print('{}'.format(result))
+    print(result.encode('utf-8'))
 
 def status(endpoint):
     """
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def status(endpoint):
     client = VPollerClient(endpoint=endpoint, timeout=1000, retries=3)
     result = client.run({'method': 'status'})
 
-    print('{}'.format(result))
+    print(result.encode('utf-8'))
     
 def main():
 
diff --git a/src/vpoller-worker b/src/vpoller-worker
index cb427d9..3e3f91a 100755
--- a/src/vpoller-worker
+++ b/src/vpoller-worker
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def stop(endpoint):
     client = VPollerClient(endpoint=endpoint, timeout=1000, retries=3)
     result = client.run({'method': 'shutdown'})
 
-    print('{}'.format(result))
+    print(result.encode('utf-8'))
 
 def status(endpoint):
     """
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ def status(endpoint):
     client = VPollerClient(endpoint=endpoint, timeout=1000, retries=3)
     result = client.run({'method': 'status'})
 
-    print('{}'.format(result))
+    print(result.encode('utf-8'))
 
 def main():
     usage="""