diff --git a/plugins/weather/weather_press_ b/plugins/weather/weather_press_
index 12cc9936..7ce091d9 100755
--- a/plugins/weather/weather_press_
+++ b/plugins/weather/weather_press_
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ elif len(sys.argv) == 2 and sys.argv[1] == "config":
     print('graph_scale no')
 else:
     u = urlopen(url % code)
-    txt = u.read()
+    txt = str(u.read())
     u.close()
 
     hpa = re_hpa.findall(txt)[0]
diff --git a/plugins/weather/weather_temp_ b/plugins/weather/weather_temp_
index 2d28b436..d0e9c606 100755
--- a/plugins/weather/weather_temp_
+++ b/plugins/weather/weather_temp_
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ elif len(sys.argv) == 2 and sys.argv[1] == "config":
     print('graph_args --base 1000 -l 0')
 else:
     u = urlopen(url % code)
-    txt = u.read()
+    txt = str(u.read())
     u.close()
 
     C = re_C.findall(txt)[0]