--- a/koan/app.py	2018-11-12 05:28:52.566167929 -0500

+++ b/koan/app.py	2018-11-12 05:32:12.017191022 -0500

@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ class Koan:

             nfs_parser.add_option("--server", dest="server")

             for line in lines:

-                match = method_re.match(line)

+                match = method_re.match(line.decode('utf-8'))

                 if match:

                     cmd = match.group("urlcmd")

                     if cmd:

--- a/koan/virtinstall.py 2018-11-12 05:32:23.803251480 -0500

+++ b/koan/virtinstall.py      2018-11-12 05:32:54.193407368 -0500

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ except:

     try:

         rc, response = subprocess_get_response(

                 shlex.split('virt-install --os-variant list'))

-        variants = response.split('\n')

+        variants = response.decode('utf-8').split('\n')

         for variant in variants:

             supported_variants.add(variant.split()[0])

     except:

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ except:

             # maybe on newer os using osinfo-query?

             rc, response = utils.subprocess_get_response(

                     shlex.split('osinfo-query os'))

-            variants = response.split('\n')

+            variants = response.decode('utf-8').split('\n')

             for variant in variants:

                 supported_variants.add(variant.split()[0])

         except: