diff --git a/nexa/gguf/nexa_inference_audio_lm.py b/nexa/gguf/nexa_inference_audio_lm.py
index 5594c684..05972ed9 100644
--- a/nexa/gguf/nexa_inference_audio_lm.py
+++ b/nexa/gguf/nexa_inference_audio_lm.py
@@ -153,7 +153,8 @@ def run(self):
                 user_input = nexa_prompt("Enter text (leave empty if no prompt): ")
                 with suppress_stdout_stderr():
                     response = self.inference(audio_path, user_input)
-                print(response)
+                response = response.decode("utf-8") if isinstance(response, bytes) else response
+                print(f"{response}")
 
         except KeyboardInterrupt:
             print("\nExiting...")