diff --git a/src/oncall/auth/modules/ldap_import.py b/src/oncall/auth/modules/ldap_import.py
index 59b102cd..3c273842 100644
--- a/src/oncall/auth/modules/ldap_import.py
+++ b/src/oncall/auth/modules/ldap_import.py
@@ -61,11 +61,11 @@ def ldap_auth(self, username, password):
                 for key, val in self.attrs.items():
                     if ldap_attrs.get(val):
                         if type(ldap_attrs.get(val)) == list:
-                            ldap_contacts[key] = ldap_attrs.get(val)[0]
+                            ldap_contacts[key] = ldap_attrs.get(val)[0].decode("utf-8")
                         else:
-                            ldap_contacts[key] = ldap_attrs.get(val)
+                            ldap_contacts[key] = ldap_attrs.get(val).decode("utf-8")
                     else:
-                        ldap_contacts[key] = val
+                        ldap_contacts[key] = val.decode("utf-8")
 
             connection.simple_bind_s(auth_user, password)
 
diff --git a/src/oncall/user_sync/ldap_sync.py b/src/oncall/user_sync/ldap_sync.py
index fe8c28c8..955a20b7 100644
--- a/src/oncall/user_sync/ldap_sync.py
+++ b/src/oncall/user_sync/ldap_sync.py
@@ -130,11 +130,11 @@ def fetch_ldap():
             except KeyError:
                 username_field = "sAMAccountName"
 
-            username = ldap_dict[username_field][0]
+            username = ldap_dict[username_field][0].decode("utf-8")
 
-            mobile = ldap_dict.get(LDAP_SETTINGS['attrs']['mobile'])
-            mail = ldap_dict.get(LDAP_SETTINGS['attrs']['mail'])
-            name = ldap_dict.get(LDAP_SETTINGS['attrs']['full_name'])[0]
+            mobile = ldap_dict.get(LDAP_SETTINGS['attrs']['mobile']).decode("utf-8")
+            mail = ldap_dict.get(LDAP_SETTINGS['attrs']['mail']).decode("utf-8")
+            name = ldap_dict.get(LDAP_SETTINGS['attrs']['full_name'])[0].decode("utf-8")
 
             if mobile:
                 try:
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ def fetch_ldap():
                     mobile = None
 
             if mail:
-                mail = mail[0]
+                mail = mail[0].decode("utf-8")
                 slack = mail.split('@')[0]
             else:
                 slack = None