diff --git a/confluent_server/confluent/discovery/core.py b/confluent_server/confluent/discovery/core.py
index 39b85c17..43e6cca7 100644
--- a/confluent_server/confluent/discovery/core.py
+++ b/confluent_server/confluent/discovery/core.py
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ import eventlet.semaphore
 autosensors = set()
 scanner = None
 
+try:
+    unicode
+except NameError:
+    unicode = str
+
 class nesteddict(dict):
 
     def __missing__(self, key):
@@ -371,7 +376,7 @@ def handle_autosense_config(operation, inputdata):
         yield msg.KeyValueData({'enabled': autosense})
     elif operation == 'update':
         enabled = inputdata['enabled']
-        if type(enabled) in (unicode, str):
+        if type(enabled) in (unicode, bytes):
             enabled = enabled.lower() in ('true', '1', 'y', 'yes', 'enable',
                                           'enabled')
         if autosense == enabled:
diff --git a/confluent_server/confluent/messages.py b/confluent_server/confluent/messages.py
index 32eee244..fd2151c5 100644
--- a/confluent_server/confluent/messages.py
+++ b/confluent_server/confluent/messages.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import confluent.config.configmanager as cfm
 import confluent.config.conf as cfgfile
 from copy import deepcopy
 from datetime import datetime
+import confluent.util as util
 import json
 
 try:
@@ -59,7 +60,9 @@ def _htmlify_structure(indict):
     if isinstance(indict, dict):
         for key in sorted(indict):
             ret += "<li>{0}: ".format(key)
-            if type(indict[key]) in (bytes, unicode, float, int):
+            if type(indict[key]) in (bytes, unicode):
+                ret += util.stringify(indict[key])
+            if type(indict[key]) in (float, int):
                 ret += str(indict[key])
             elif isinstance(indict[key], datetime):
                 ret += indict[key].strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S')