diff --git a/onionr/communicator.py b/onionr/communicator.py
index 9bba7c6e..0c35fcf5 100755
--- a/onionr/communicator.py
+++ b/onionr/communicator.py
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ class OnionrCommunicate:
                 continue
             hasher.update(data.encode())
             digest = hasher.hexdigest()
-            if digest is bytes:
+            if type(digest) is bytes:
                 digest = digest.decode()
             if digest == hash.strip():
                 self._core.setData(data)