diff --git a/filebottool/gtkui/rename_dialog_gtk3.py b/filebottool/gtkui/rename_dialog_gtk3.py
index 2c658fe..3bb0a14 100644
--- a/filebottool/gtkui/rename_dialog_gtk3.py
+++ b/filebottool/gtkui/rename_dialog_gtk3.py
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ def __init__(self, dialog_settings, server_plugin_version):
 
         if self.server_filebot_version:
             self.builder.get_object("filebot_version").set_text(
-                self.server_filebot_version.decode("utf8")
+                self.server_filebot_version
             )
         else:
 
diff --git a/filebottool/gtkui/user_messenger_gtk3.py b/filebottool/gtkui/user_messenger_gtk3.py
index 99f018a..1692f00 100644
--- a/filebottool/gtkui/user_messenger_gtk3.py
+++ b/filebottool/gtkui/user_messenger_gtk3.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def dialog_response_cb(dialog, response_id):
         if not self.modal:
             self.set_modal(True)
         self.connect('response', dialog_response_cb)
-        self.show()
+        self.show_all()
 
 
 class ResponseDialog(Gtk.Dialog):
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def show_new_files(self, files):
         files = [' => '.join(f) if isinstance(f, tuple) else f for f in files]
         files = pprint.pformat(files)
         text_view = Gtk.TextView()
-        text_view.get_buffer().set_text(files.decode('utf8'))
+        text_view.get_buffer().set_text(files)
         text_view.set_editable(False)
         text_view.set_cursor_visible(False)
         text_view.show()
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ def _show_details(_):
     def display_text(self, title, text, parent=None, modal=False):
         dialog = InfoDialog(title, None, parent, modal)
         text_view = Gtk.TextView()
-        text_view.get_buffer().set_text(text.decode('utf8'))
+        text_view.get_buffer().set_text(text)
         text_view.set_editable(False)
         text_view.set_cursor_visible(False)
         sw = Gtk.ScrolledWindow()
diff --git a/filebottool/pyfilebot.py b/filebottool/pyfilebot.py
index af21769..902d587 100644
--- a/filebottool/pyfilebot.py
+++ b/filebottool/pyfilebot.py
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ def rename(
     exit_code, data, filebot_error = _execute(filebot_arguments, workaround)
 
     if exit_code != 0:
-        if u"License Error: UNREGISTERED" in filebot_error.decode("utf8", "ignore"):
+        if u"License Error: UNREGISTERED" in filebot_error:
             raise FilebotLicenseError(
                 "Filebot is unregistered, cannot rename.\n"
                 "FILEBOT OUTPUT DUMP:\n{0}".format(data)
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ def rename(
     if parse_error or (rename_action == "test" and results[0] == 0):
         raise FilebotRuntimeError(
             "FILEBOT OUTPUT DUMP:\n{0}\nstderr:\n{1}".format(
-                data.decode("utf8"), filebot_error
+                data, filebot_error
             )
         )
     return results
@@ -241,13 +241,6 @@ def parse_filebot(data):
         a tuple in format (num processed files, list of movement tuples,
                            skipped/failed files)
     """
-    try:
-        data = data.decode("utf8")
-    except UnicodeDecodeError:
-        warnings.warn(
-            "DECODING ERROR WARNING: UNVALID UNICODE DETECTED!", UnicodeWarning
-        )
-        data = data.decode("utf8", errors="ignore")
     data = data.splitlines()
 
     skipped_files = []
@@ -377,13 +370,6 @@ def get_history(targets):
 
 def parse_history(data):
     """ Helper function to parse history script return values """
-    try:
-        data = data.decode("utf8")
-    except UnicodeDecodeError:
-        warnings.warn(
-            "DECODING ERROR WARNING: UNVALID UNICODE DETECTED!", UnicodeWarning
-        )
-        data = data.decode("utf8", errors="ignore")
     data = data.splitlines()[:-1]
     return [
         tuple(reversed(l.split("\t")))
@@ -431,7 +417,7 @@ def license(license_path):
     if exit_code != 0 or error:
         raise FilebotLicenseError(error)
 
-    return data.decode("utf8", "ignore")
+    return data
 
 
 def _order_is_valid(order_string):
@@ -441,7 +427,7 @@ def _order_is_valid(order_string):
 
         Args:
             order_string: valid orders:(None | 'airdate' | 'dvd' | 'absolute')
-    .decode('utf8')
+    
         Returns:
             True or False based on success
     """
@@ -729,6 +715,14 @@ def _execute(process_arguments, workaround=False):
         data = stdout
 
     os.remove(file_temp.name)
+    try:
+        data = data.decode('utf8', errors="ignore")
+    except AttributeError:
+        pass
+    try:
+        error = error.decode('utf8', errors="ignore")
+    except AttributeError:
+        pass
 
     return exit_code, data, error
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9e92f06..68205eb 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 __plugin_name__ = "FileBotTool"
 __author__ = "laharah"
 __author_email__ = "laharah+fbt@gmail.com"
-__version__ = "2.0.0"
+__version__ = "2.0.1"
 __url__ = "https://github.com/Laharah/deluge-FileBotTool"
 __license__ = "GPLv3"
 __description__ = "Integrates FileBot functionality to Deluge"