diff --git a/hash_modules.py b/hash_modules.py
index 88c39bc..b9b6ffe 100755
--- a/hash_modules.py
+++ b/hash_modules.py
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ class ModuleLoader():
         for i in self.get_depends(arch, use_local=use_local, verbose=verbose):
             tmp = set()
             for j in i:
-                tmp = tmp.union(set(map(lambda x: x.encode("utf-8").lower(), commit_hashes(j, use_local=use_local, verbose=verbose))))
+                tmp = tmp.union(set(map(lambda x: x.decode("utf-8").lower(), commit_hashes(j, use_local=use_local, verbose=verbose))))
             base_hashes.append(sorted(tmp))
         result = list(map(lambda x: function(b"\x00".join(x) + b"\x00" + sourceHash), itertools.product(*base_hashes)))
         if verbose: