diff --git a/cli/lesspass/fingerprint.py b/cli/lesspass/fingerprint.py
index a279f09..864ab8d 100644
--- a/cli/lesspass/fingerprint.py
+++ b/cli/lesspass/fingerprint.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ def getchar():
     # jasonrdsouza & mvaganov https://gist.github.com/jasonrdsouza/1901709
     ch = ""
     if os.name == "nt":  # Windows
-        ch = msvcrt.getch()
+        ch = msvcrt.getch().decode('utf-8')
     else:
         fd = sys.stdin.fileno()
         old_settings = termios.tcgetattr(fd)
diff --git a/cli/lesspass/version.py b/cli/lesspass/version.py
index 9158871..ab64964 100644
--- a/cli/lesspass/version.py
+++ b/cli/lesspass/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "10.0.0"
+__version__ = "10.0.1"