diff --git a/cover2cover.py b/cover2cover.py
index 7cb2d2f..2bafc5d 100755
--- a/cover2cover.py
+++ b/cover2cover.py
@@ -143,7 +143,10 @@ def jacoco2cobertura(filename, source_roots):
     into = ET.Element('coverage')
     convert_root(root, into, source_roots)
     print('<?xml version="1.0" ?>')
-    print(ET.tostring(into))
+    if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
+        print(ET.tostring(into))
+    else:
+        print(ET.tostring(into, encoding='unicode'))
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     if len(sys.argv) < 2: