diff --git a/magneto/src/magneto/core/interfaces.py b/magneto/src/magneto/core/interfaces.py
index 66c285e81..27c130e9b 100644
--- a/magneto/src/magneto/core/interfaces.py
+++ b/magneto/src/magneto/core/interfaces.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ from threading import Lock
 # Entropy imports
 from entropy.output import nocolor
 from entropy.client.interfaces import Client
-from entropy.const import etpConst, const_debug_write
+from entropy.const import etpConst, const_debug_write, const_is_python3
 import entropy.tools
 from entropy.i18n import _, ngettext
 from entropy.misc import ParallelTask
@@ -322,7 +322,10 @@ class MagnetoCore(MagnetoCoreUI):
         """
         Convert dbus.String() to unicode object
         """
-        return dbus_string.decode(etpConst['conf_encoding'])
+        if const_is_python3():
+            return str(dbus_string)
+        else:
+            return dbus_string.decode(etpConst['conf_encoding'])
 
     def _updates_available_signal(self, update, update_atoms,
                                   remove, remove_atoms,
diff --git a/rigo/RigoDaemon/app/RigoDaemon_app.py b/rigo/RigoDaemon/app/RigoDaemon_app.py
index 384ba5fc3..54e07c53d 100755
--- a/rigo/RigoDaemon/app/RigoDaemon_app.py
+++ b/rigo/RigoDaemon/app/RigoDaemon_app.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ EntropyRepositoryCachePolicies.DEFAULT_CACHE_POLICY = _NONE_POL
 
 from entropy.const import etpConst, const_convert_to_rawstring, \
     initconfig_entropy_constants, const_debug_write, dump_signal, \
-    const_mkstemp
+    const_mkstemp, const_is_python3
 from entropy.locks import EntropyResourcesLock, UpdatesNotificationResourceLock
 from entropy.exceptions import DependenciesNotFound, \
     DependenciesCollision, DependenciesNotRemovable, SystemDatabaseError, \
@@ -1159,7 +1159,10 @@ class RigoDaemonService(dbus.service.Object):
         """
         Convert dbus.String() to unicode object
         """
-        return dbus_string.decode(etpConst['conf_encoding'])
+        if const_is_python3():
+            return str(dbus_string)
+        else:
+            return dbus_string.decode(etpConst['conf_encoding'])
 
     def _execute_mainloop(self, function, *args, **kwargs):
         """