diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4874ef2..7ba1999 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ __pycache__/*
 cp2opt.sh
 .remote-sync.json
 build/*
+test.py
diff --git a/libMozDefrag.py b/libMozDefrag.py
index 70c19d1..b23aea3 100644
--- a/libMozDefrag.py
+++ b/libMozDefrag.py
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ def mozDefragFirefox():  # Firefox defrag
     cmd2exec = "for f in ~/.mozilla/firefox/*/*.sqlite;"
     cmd2exec += "do sqlite3 $f 'VACUUM;';"
     cmd2exec += "done"
-    cmdOutput = subprocess.check_output(cmd2exec,
-                                        shell=True).decode("utf-8")
+    cmdOutput = str(subprocess.check_output(cmd2exec,
+                                            shell=True).decode("utf-8"))
     return cmdOutput