diff --git a/RubyEval.py b/RubyEval.py
index 9c4ace6..700a583 100644
--- a/RubyEval.py
+++ b/RubyEval.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def eval_as_ruby(self, script):
             output += "\n" + error
 
         try:
-          return str(output, 'utf-8')
+          return str(output)
         except NameError:
           return unicode(output ,encoding='utf-8')