diff --git a/awesome-wm-widgets/email-widget/read_unread_emails.py b/awesome-wm-widgets/email-widget/read_unread_emails.py
index b91ebde..1304cf2 100755
--- a/awesome-wm-widgets/email-widget/read_unread_emails.py
+++ b/awesome-wm-widgets/email-widget/read_unread_emails.py
@@ -27,15 +27,16 @@ def process_mailbox(mailbox, to = None):
             print("ERROR getting message", num)
             return False
 
-        msg = email.message_from_string(data[0][1].decode())
+        msg = email.message_from_bytes(data[0][1])
 
         if to is not None:
             print('To: ', to)
 
         print('From:', msg['From'])
+
         subject = decode_mime_words(msg['Subject'])
 
-        print('Subject: %s' % decode_mime_words(msg['Subject']))
+        print('Subject: %s' % subject)
         date_tuple = email.utils.parsedate_tz(msg['Date'])
         if date_tuple:
             local_date = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(email.utils.mktime_tz(date_tuple))