diff --git a/shadowsocks/tcprelay.py b/shadowsocks/tcprelay.py
index 724c1ed..4a30b42 100644
--- a/shadowsocks/tcprelay.py
+++ b/shadowsocks/tcprelay.py
@@ -261,7 +261,8 @@ class TCPRelayHandler(object):
             if header_result is None:
                 raise Exception('can not parse header')
             addrtype, remote_addr, remote_port, header_length = header_result
-            logging.info('connecting %s:%d' % (remote_addr, remote_port))
+            logging.info('connecting %s:%d' % (remote_addr.decode('utf-8'),
+                                               remote_port))
             self._remote_address = (remote_addr, remote_port)
             # pause reading
             self._update_stream(STREAM_UP, WAIT_STATUS_WRITING)