2 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/libmat/archive.py b/libmat/archive.py
index 12ca55e..cfc818d 100644
--- a/libmat/archive.py
+++ b/libmat/archive.py
@@ -194,9 +194,9 @@ class ZipStripper(GenericArchiveStripper):
                 zinfo = zipfile.ZipInfo(item.filename, date_time=ZIP_EPOCH)
                 zinfo.compress_type = zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED
                 zinfo.create_system = 3  # Linux
-                zinfo.comment = ''
+                zinfo.comment = b''
                 with open(path, 'r') as f:
-                    zipout.writestr(zinfo, f.read())
+                    zipout.writestr(zinfo, str(f.read()))
                 # os.utime(path, (ZIP_EPOCH_SECONDS, ZIP_EPOCH_SECONDS))
                 # zipout.write(path, item.filename)
         zipin.close()
diff --git a/libmat/exiftool.py b/libmat/exiftool.py
index efe6002..83513b4 100644
--- a/libmat/exiftool.py
+++ b/libmat/exiftool.py
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ class ExiftoolStripper(parser.GenericParser):
             field name : value
             field name : value
         """
-        output = subprocess.Popen(['exiftool', self.filename],
-                                  stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0]
+        output = str(subprocess.Popen(['exiftool', self.filename],
+                                  stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0])
         meta = {}
         for i in output.split('\n')[:-1]:  # chop last char ('\n')
             key = i.split(':')[0].strip()