diff --git a/bam/blend/blendfile_path_walker.py b/bam/blend/blendfile_path_walker.py
index 9ec4e34..abefb25 100644
--- a/bam/blend/blendfile_path_walker.py
+++ b/bam/blend/blendfile_path_walker.py
@@ -72,8 +72,7 @@ if VERBOSE:
     def set_as_str(s):
         if s is None:
             return "None"
-        else:
-            return (", ".join(sorted(i.decode('ascii') for i in sorted(s))))
+        return ", ".join(sorted(str(i) for i in s))
 
 
 class FPElem: