diff --git a/dataplicity/_version.py b/dataplicity/_version.py
index f5324ad..49edadf 100644
--- a/dataplicity/_version.py
+++ b/dataplicity/_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "0.4.35"
+__version__ = "0.4.36"
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     # The build script uses this to extract the current version
diff --git a/dataplicity/rpi.py b/dataplicity/rpi.py
index b6bb365..8622c90 100644
--- a/dataplicity/rpi.py
+++ b/dataplicity/rpi.py
@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ def get_machine_revision():
     except IOError:
         return None
     else:
-        return revision_code
+        return revision_code.decode("utf-8")