diff --git a/confluent_client/bin/noderun b/confluent_client/bin/noderun
index 10ee3975..0ecd7626 100755
--- a/confluent_client/bin/noderun
+++ b/confluent_client/bin/noderun
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ def run():
                             pernodeout[node] = []
                         pernodeout[node].append(data)
                     else:
+                        data = client.stringify(data)
                         if options.nonodeprefix:
                             sys.stderr.write(data)
                         else:
@@ -114,6 +115,7 @@ def run():
                             run_cmdv(node, cmdv, all, pipedesc)
         for node in sortutil.natural_sort(pernodeout):
             for line in pernodeout[node]:
+                line = client.stringify(line)
                 if options.nonodeprefix:
                     sys.stdout.write(line)
                 else:
diff --git a/confluent_client/bin/nodeshell b/confluent_client/bin/nodeshell
index d0619f70..551a9e1e 100755
--- a/confluent_client/bin/nodeshell
+++ b/confluent_client/bin/nodeshell
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ def run():
                             pernodeout[node] = []
                         pernodeout[node].append(data)
                     else:
+                        data = client.stringify(data)
                         if options.nonodeprefix:
                             sys.stderr.write(data)
                         else:
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ def run():
                             run_cmdv(node, cmdv, all, pipedesc)
         for node in sortutil.natural_sort(pernodeout):
             for line in pernodeout[node]:
+                line = client.stringify(line)
                 if options.nonodeprefix:
                     sys.stdout.write(line)
                 else: