diff --git a/redisgraph/query_result.py b/redisgraph/query_result.py
index b37e21e..b0c6bda 100644
--- a/redisgraph/query_result.py
+++ b/redisgraph/query_result.py
@@ -129,7 +129,12 @@ def parse_scalar(self, cell):
             scalar = None
 
         elif scalar_type == ResultSetScalarTypes.VALUE_STRING:
-            scalar = str(value)
+            if isinstance(value, bytes):
+                scalar = value.decode()
+            elif not isinstance(value, str):
+                scalar = str(value)
+            else:
+                scalar = value
 
         elif scalar_type == ResultSetScalarTypes.VALUE_INTEGER:
             scalar = int(value)
diff --git a/redisgraph/util.py b/redisgraph/util.py
index d570d59..c7250f0 100644
--- a/redisgraph/util.py
+++ b/redisgraph/util.py
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ def quote_string(v):
     quote_string wraps given v with quotes incase
     v is a string.
     """
-    if not isinstance(v, str):
+
+    if isinstance(v, bytes):
+        v = v.decode()
+    elif not isinstance(v, str):
         return v
 
     if v[0] != '"':