--- /usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pungi/phases/gather/methods/method_hybrid.py.orig	2019-05-27 04:42:19.000000000 -0400
+++ /usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pungi/phases/gather/methods/method_hybrid.py	2019-06-12 07:44:58.463131457 -0400
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@
             gzipped_file = gzip.GzipFile(os.path.join(repo, rec.location_href), "r")
             # This can't use _from_stream, since gobject-introspection
             # refuses to pass a file object.
-            mmds = Modulemd.objects_from_string(gzipped_file.read())
+            mmds = Modulemd.objects_from_string(gzipped_file.read().decode("utf-8"))
             gzipped_file.close()
             for mmd in mmds:
                 if isinstance(mmd, Modulemd.Module):