diff --git a/tools/encfs_aes_getpass.py b/tools/encfs_aes_getpass.py
index 64ba603f80..0680ef9559 100755
--- a/tools/encfs_aes_getpass.py
+++ b/tools/encfs_aes_getpass.py
@@ -98,13 +98,15 @@ def main():
             raise ValueError("32 bytes password expected")
 
         bip32_path = [10, 0]
+        sys.stderr.write('Generated password is {}\n'.format(passw))
         passw_encrypted = client.encrypt_keyvalue(bip32_path, label, passw, False, True)
+        sys.stderr.write('Encrypted password is {}\n'.format(passw_encrypted))
 
         data = {'label': label,
                 'bip32_path': bip32_path,
-                'password_encrypted_hex': binascii.hexlify(passw_encrypted)}
+                'password_encrypted_hex': binascii.hexlify(passw_encrypted).decode('ascii')}
 
-        json.dump(data, open(passw_file, 'wb'))
+        json.dump(data, open(passw_file, 'w'))
 
     # Let's load password
     data = json.load(open(passw_file, 'r'))
@@ -115,6 +117,7 @@ def main():
                                     binascii.unhexlify(data['password_encrypted_hex']),
                                     False, True)
 
+    sys.stderr.write('Submitting password {}\n'.format(passw))
     print(passw)