X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=bindings%2Fpython-cffi%2Fnotmuch2%2F_errors.py;h=17c3ad9cc39af7cf565f66aae9570bcba22a8f9c;hb=8b737af28bc377db3e661a5744f3b7479b7ce485;hp=f55cc96b53bf44ba69cbbd0b5774626fc8006632;hpb=3e2e724d53a1dce3ba00a20c71b2e6f735678136;p=notmuch

diff --git a/bindings/python-cffi/notmuch2/_errors.py b/bindings/python-cffi/notmuch2/_errors.py
index f55cc96b..17c3ad9c 100644
--- a/bindings/python-cffi/notmuch2/_errors.py
+++ b/bindings/python-cffi/notmuch2/_errors.py
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ class NotmuchError(Exception):
         if self.message:
             return self.message
         elif self.status:
-            return capi.lib.notmuch_status_to_string(self.status)
+            char_str = capi.lib.notmuch_status_to_string(self.status)
+            return capi.ffi.string(char_str).decode(errors='replace')
         else:
             return 'Unknown error'