diff --git a/code.py b/code.py
index cbb17ec..45eb36e 100644
--- a/code.py
+++ b/code.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 
     if message_length > 0:
         try:
-            message_string = bytearray(message_bytes[0:message_length]).decode("utf-8")
+            message_string = str(bytearray(message_bytes[:message_length]), 'utf-8')
             print(message_string)
         except:
             print("Couldn't decode as UTF 8")