diff --git a/sources/musicdata_lms.py b/sources/musicdata_lms.py
index 1f61b99..189d0b7 100644
--- a/sources/musicdata_lms.py
+++ b/sources/musicdata_lms.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def connectraw(self):
 				self.rawserver = telnetlib.Telnet(self.server, self.port)
 
 				# Subscribe to notification events that should wake up the system to collect data
-				self.rawserver.write("subscribe pause,play,mixer,playlist\n")
+				self.rawserver.write("subscribe pause,play,mixer,playlist\n".encode('ascii'))
 				break
 			except IOError:
 				self.rawserver = None