diff --git a/soundscrape/soundscrape.py b/soundscrape/soundscrape.py
index 33cf39b..7b988a3 100755
--- a/soundscrape/soundscrape.py
+++ b/soundscrape/soundscrape.py
@@ -1316,7 +1316,7 @@ def puts_safe(text):
         else:
             puts(text.encode(sys.stdout.encoding, errors='replace').decode())
     else:
-        puts(text)
+        puts(str(text))
 
 
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