X-Git-Url: https://git.arvados.org/arvados.git/blobdiff_plain/fb4921f56d1c13a86add2e59205ec32fa1f6efe4..7b0d3939e19b6c62effdb5c808b811b38f4ffd57:/sdk/python/arvados/collection.py

diff --git a/sdk/python/arvados/collection.py b/sdk/python/arvados/collection.py
index 7bfdf782f8..42ee16f21c 100644
--- a/sdk/python/arvados/collection.py
+++ b/sdk/python/arvados/collection.py
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ class CollectionWriter(CollectionBase):
             manifest += ' ' + ' '.join("%d:%d:%s" % (sfile[0], sfile[1], sfile[2].replace(' ', '\\040')) for sfile in stream[2])
             manifest += "\n"
 
-        return manifest
+        return manifest.encode("utf-8")
 
     def data_locators(self):
         ret = []