diff --git a/.build b/.build
index 56a6051..d8263ee 100644
--- a/.build
+++ b/.build
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1
\ No newline at end of file
+2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pylast.py b/pylast.py
index ca3fd6d..39a085e 100644
--- a/pylast.py
+++ b/pylast.py
@@ -3439,7 +3439,7 @@ class _ScrobblerRequest(object):
             connection.request("GET", self.subdir + "?" + data, headers = headers)
         else:
             connection.request("POST", self.subdir, data, headers)
-        response = connection.getresponse().read()
+        response = _unicode(connection.getresponse().read())
         
         self._check_response_for_errors(response)