diff --git a/awips/dataaccess/PyData.py b/awips/dataaccess/PyData.py
index cd58f65..01e3150 100644
--- a/awips/dataaccess/PyData.py
+++ b/awips/dataaccess/PyData.py
@@ -25,10 +25,7 @@ class PyData(IData):
         self.__attributes = dataRecord.getAttributes()
 
     def getAttribute(self, key):
-        if six.PY2:
-            return self.__attributes[key]
-        value =  self.__attributes[key.encode('utf-8')]
-        return value.decode('utf-8')
+        return self.__attributes[key]
 
     def getAttributes(self):
         return self.__attributes.keys()
diff --git a/dynamicserialize/dstypes/com/raytheon/uf/common/dataaccess/response/AbstractResponseData.py b/dynamicserialize/dstypes/com/raytheon/uf/common/dataaccess/response/AbstractResponseData.py
index 12c455d..2a79924 100644
--- a/dynamicserialize/dstypes/com/raytheon/uf/common/dataaccess/response/AbstractResponseData.py
+++ b/dynamicserialize/dstypes/com/raytheon/uf/common/dataaccess/response/AbstractResponseData.py
@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@ class AbstractResponseData(six.with_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta, object)):
         self.locationName = locationName
 
     def getAttributes(self):
-        return self.attributes
+        if six.PY2:
+            return self.attributes
+        else:
+            return [item.decode('utf-8') for item in self.attributes]
 
     def setAttributes(self, attributes):
         self.attributes = attributes