1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/namegen.py b/namegen.py
index a07ca16..f7aa00f 100755
--- a/namegen.py
+++ b/namegen.py
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ class Stats:
         """Calculate stats from a list of names in a file-like object."""
 
         for name in fp.readlines():
-            name = name.decode('utf-8')
             for i in range(min(self.context, len(name))):
                 self._increment_stats(name[0:i], name[i])
             for i in range(self.context, len(name)):
@@ -189,7 +188,7 @@ def main():
                 fp.close()
 
     try:
-        fp = open(opt.save_stats, 'wb')
+        fp = open(opt.save_stats, 'w')
     except TypeError:
         pass
     except IOError: