diff --git a/unsloth/save.py b/unsloth/save.py
index caa5aaa619..033f6eb1e0 100644
--- a/unsloth/save.py
+++ b/unsloth/save.py
@@ -777,9 +777,10 @@ def install_llama_cpp_old(version = -10):
     for command in commands:
         with subprocess.Popen(command, shell = True, stdout = subprocess.PIPE, stderr = subprocess.STDOUT, bufsize = 1) as sp:
             for line in sp.stdout:
+                line = line.decode("utf-8", errors = "replace")
                 if "undefined reference" in line:
                     raise RuntimeError("Failed compiling llama.cpp. Please report this ASAP!")
-                print(line.decode("utf-8", errors = "replace"), flush = True, end = "")
+                print(line, flush = True, end = "")
         pass
     pass
     # Check if successful
@@ -811,9 +812,10 @@ def install_llama_cpp_blocking(use_cuda = True):
     for command in commands:
         with subprocess.Popen(command, shell = True, stdout = subprocess.PIPE, stderr = subprocess.STDOUT, bufsize = 1) as sp:
             for line in sp.stdout:
+                line = line.decode("utf-8", errors = "replace")
                 if "undefined reference" in line:
                     raise RuntimeError("Failed compiling llama.cpp. Please report this ASAP!")
-                print(line.decode("utf-8", errors = "replace"), flush = True, end = "")
+                print(line, flush = True, end = "")
         pass
     pass
 pass
@@ -988,9 +990,10 @@ def save_to_gguf(
 
     with subprocess.Popen(command, shell = True, stdout = subprocess.PIPE, stderr = subprocess.STDOUT, bufsize = 1) as sp:
         for line in sp.stdout:
+            line = line.decode("utf-8", errors = "replace")
             if "undefined reference" in line:
                 raise RuntimeError("Failed compiling llama.cpp. Please report this ASAP!")
-            print(line.decode("utf-8", errors = "replace"), flush = True, end = "")
+            print(line, flush = True, end = "")
         if sp.returncode is not None and sp.returncode != 0:
             raise subprocess.CalledProcessError(sp.returncode, sp.args)
     pass
@@ -1031,9 +1034,10 @@ def save_to_gguf(
         # quantize uses stderr
         with subprocess.Popen(command, shell = True, stdout = subprocess.PIPE, stderr = subprocess.STDOUT, bufsize = 1) as sp:
             for line in sp.stdout:
+                line = line.decode("utf-8", errors = "replace")
                 if "undefined reference" in line:
                     raise RuntimeError("Failed compiling llama.cpp. Please report this ASAP!")
-                print(line.decode("utf-8", errors = "replace"), flush = True, end = "")
+                print(line, flush = True, end = "")
             if sp.returncode is not None and sp.returncode != 0:
                 raise subprocess.CalledProcessError(sp.returncode, sp.args)
         pass