1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/http/federation/matrix_federation_agent.py b/synapse/http/federation/matrix_federation_agent.py
index c4312a3653..384d8a37a2 100644
--- a/synapse/http/federation/matrix_federation_agent.py
+++ b/synapse/http/federation/matrix_federation_agent.py
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ class LoggingHostnameEndpoint(object):
         self.ep = HostnameEndpoint(reactor, host, port, *args, **kwargs)
 
     def connect(self, protocol_factory):
-        logger.info("Connecting to %s:%i", self.host, self.port)
+        logger.info("Connecting to %s:%i", self.host.decode("ascii"), self.port)
         return self.ep.connect(protocol_factory)