diff --git a/hexlib/web.py b/hexlib/web.py
index 1fa5b5c..73d0239 100644
--- a/hexlib/web.py
+++ b/hexlib/web.py
@@ -192,4 +192,4 @@ class Web:
         r = self.get(url, **kwargs)
         if not r:
             return None
-        return BeautifulSoup(r.content, "html.parser")
+        return BeautifulSoup(r.content.decode("utf-8"), "html.parser")