diff --git a/lib/pbench/server/api/resources/intake_base.py b/lib/pbench/server/api/resources/intake_base.py
index c98d629849..a3cb2fd8c9 100644
--- a/lib/pbench/server/api/resources/intake_base.py
+++ b/lib/pbench/server/api/resources/intake_base.py
@@ -23,12 +23,7 @@
     ApiSchema,
 )
 import pbench.server.auth.auth as Auth
-from pbench.server.cache_manager import (
-    BadDirpath,
-    CacheManager,
-    DuplicateTarball,
-    MetadataError,
-)
+from pbench.server.cache_manager import CacheManager, DuplicateTarball, MetadataError
 from pbench.server.database.models.audit import (
     Audit,
     AuditReason,
@@ -383,11 +378,6 @@ def _intake(
             # Move the files to their final location
             try:
                 tarball = cache_m.create(tar_full_path)
-            except BadDirpath as exc:
-                raise APIAbort(
-                    HTTPStatus.BAD_REQUEST,
-                    exc,
-                ) from exc
             except DuplicateTarball as exc:
                 raise APIAbort(
                     HTTPStatus.BAD_REQUEST,
diff --git a/lib/pbench/server/cache_manager.py b/lib/pbench/server/cache_manager.py
index 11946faf59..21b52f5ea0 100644
--- a/lib/pbench/server/cache_manager.py
+++ b/lib/pbench/server/cache_manager.py
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ def _get_metadata(tarball_path: Path) -> Optional[JSONOBJECT]:
             return None
         else:
             metadata_log = MetadataLog()
-            metadata_log.read_file(data)
+            metadata_log.read_file(e.decode() for e in data)
             metadata = {s: dict(metadata_log.items(s)) for s in metadata_log.sections()}
             return metadata
 
diff --git a/lib/pbench/test/unit/server/test_cache_manager.py b/lib/pbench/test/unit/server/test_cache_manager.py
index b21795d629..5f4f065da3 100644
--- a/lib/pbench/test/unit/server/test_cache_manager.py
+++ b/lib/pbench/test/unit/server/test_cache_manager.py
@@ -896,8 +896,8 @@ def test_filestream(
         with monkeypatch.context() as m:
             m.setattr(Tarball, "__init__", TestCacheManager.MockTarball.__init__)
             m.setattr(Controller, "__init__", TestCacheManager.MockController.__init__)
-            m.setattr(Tarball, "extract", lambda _s, _t: exp_stream)
-            m.setattr(Path, "open", lambda _s, _m: exp_stream)
+            m.setattr(Tarball, "extract", lambda _t, _p: exp_stream)
+            m.setattr(Path, "open", lambda _s, _m="rb": exp_stream)
             tb = Tarball(tar, Controller(Path("/mock/archive"), cache, None))
             tar_dir = TestCacheManager.MockController.generate_test_result_tree(
                 tmp_path, "dir_name"
diff --git a/lib/pbench/test/unit/server/test_datasets_inventory.py b/lib/pbench/test/unit/server/test_datasets_inventory.py
index 26f9d6641c..13011839c7 100644
--- a/lib/pbench/test/unit/server/test_datasets_inventory.py
+++ b/lib/pbench/test/unit/server/test_datasets_inventory.py
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ def __init__(self, path: Path, controller: Controller):
             self.unpacked = None
 
         def filestream(self, target):
-            print("FS")
             info = {
                 "name": "f1.json",
                 "type": CacheType.FILE,
@@ -109,8 +108,12 @@ def test_not_a_file(self, query_get_as, monkeypatch):
         }
 
     def test_dataset_in_given_path(self, query_get_as, monkeypatch):
+        class MockBytesIO(io.BytesIO):
+            def close(self):
+                super().close()
+
         mock_args: Optional[tuple[Path, dict[str, Any]]] = None
-        exp_stream = io.BytesIO(b"file_as_a_byte_stream")
+        exp_stream = MockBytesIO(b"file_as_a_byte_stream")
         filestream_dict = {
             "name": "f1.json",
             "type": CacheType.FILE,