diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 39ee25f..65cc205 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 ### Bugfix
 
 - Scan stalls when an exception occures #34
+- Making sure all trackers are bytes, fixing #48
 
 ## [1.2.2] - 2022-08-06
 
diff --git a/src/autotorrent/utils.py b/src/autotorrent/utils.py
index be426c5..620973c 100644
--- a/src/autotorrent/utils.py
+++ b/src/autotorrent/utils.py
@@ -618,6 +618,8 @@ def parse_torrent(
         if not isinstance(tracker_group, list):
             tracker_group = [tracker_group]
         for tracker in tracker_group:
+            if not isinstance(tracker, bytes):
+                continue
             tracker = tracker.decode()
             if tracker not in trackers:
                 trackers.append(trackers)