diff --git a/src/bitrot.py b/src/bitrot.py
index a34c4f7..f73829e 100755
--- a/src/bitrot.py
+++ b/src/bitrot.py
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ class Bitrot(object):
                 print(
                     '\rerror: SHA1 mismatch for {}: expected {}, got {}.'
                     ' Last good hash checked on {}.'.format(
-                        p, stored_sha1, new_sha1, stored_ts
+                        p.decode(FSENCODING), stored_sha1, new_sha1, stored_ts
                     ),
                     file=sys.stderr,
                 )
@@ -344,9 +344,9 @@ class Bitrot(object):
                 for path in renamed_paths:
                     print(
                         ' from',
-                        path[0].decode(FSENCODING),
+                        path[0],
                         'to',
-                        path[1].decode(FSENCODING),
+                        path[1],
                     )
             if missing_paths:
                 print('{} entries missing:'.format(len(missing_paths)))