diff --git a/Cheetah/CheetahWrapper.py b/Cheetah/CheetahWrapper.py
index e86c7285..11da748e 100755
--- a/Cheetah/CheetahWrapper.py
+++ b/Cheetah/CheetahWrapper.py
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ def _compileOrFillStdin(self):
             pysrc = TemplateClass.compile(file=sys.stdin,
                                           compilerSettings=compilerSettings,
                                           returnAClass=False)
-            output = pysrc
+            output = pysrc if PY2 else pysrc.decode()
         else:
             output = str(TemplateClass(file=sys.stdin,
                                        compilerSettings=compilerSettings))
diff --git a/docs/authors.rst b/docs/authors.rst
index d7eb986b..1aba3376 100644
--- a/docs/authors.rst
+++ b/docs/authors.rst
@@ -41,4 +41,5 @@ Contributions have been made by:
 * odidev <odidev at puresoftware.com>
 * Pierre Ossman <ossman at cendio.se>
 * Michael Gorny <mgorny at gentoo.org>
+* nate.k <nate.k at onetrueloan.com>
 * Oleg Broytman <phd@phdru.name>