--- 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: