diff --git a/lib/core/convert.py b/lib/core/convert.py
index 4f48de409..d0646e21b 100644
--- a/lib/core/convert.py
+++ b/lib/core/convert.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ def base64pickle(value):
     """
 
     retVal = None
+
     try:
         retVal = base64encode(pickle.dumps(value, pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL))
     except:
@@ -63,7 +64,14 @@ def base64unpickle(value):
     'foobar'
     """
 
-    return pickle.loads(base64decode(value))
+    retVal = None
+
+    try:
+        retVal = pickle.loads(base64decode(value))
+    except TypeError: 
+        retVal = pickle.loads(base64decode(bytes(value)))
+
+    return retVal
 
 def hexdecode(value):
     """