diff --git a/scripts/boxesserver b/scripts/boxesserver
index 05791af..7fe3652 100755
--- a/scripts/boxesserver
+++ b/scripts/boxesserver
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ class BServer:
             os.close(fd)
             os.remove(box.output)
             return (l for l in result)
-            return (l.encode("utf-8") for l in result)
+
 
 if __name__=="__main__":
     if len(sys.argv) > 1: