code: def get(self, *args, **kwargs):
          
          value, stat = super(XClient, self).get(*args, **kwargs)
  
          try:
              if value is not None:
                  value = value.decode(encoding="utf-8")
          except UnicodeDecodeError:
              pass
  
          return (value, stat)
docs: wraps the default get() and deals with encoding