diff --git a/tests/dcaegen2-services-bbs-event-processor/bbs-testcases/resources/BbsLibrary.py b/tests/dcaegen2-services-bbs-event-processor/bbs-testcases/resources/BbsLibrary.py
index c58e67e..640b33b 100644
--- a/tests/dcaegen2-services-bbs-event-processor/bbs-testcases/resources/BbsLibrary.py
+++ b/tests/dcaegen2-services-bbs-event-processor/bbs-testcases/resources/BbsLibrary.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
         alog = container.logs(stream=False, tail=1000)
         try:
-            alog = alog.decode()
+            alog = alog.decode('utf-8').strip()
         except AttributeError:
             pass