--- a/hgext/pushlog/__init__.py
+++ b/hgext/pushlog/__init__.py
@@ -371,17 +371,17 @@ class pushlog(object):
             pushid = res[0]
 
             res = c.execute('SELECT id, user, date, node from pushlog '
                             'LEFT JOIN changesets on id=pushid '
                             'WHERE id=? ORDER BY rev ASC', (pushid,))
             nodes = []
             for pushid, who, when, node in res:
                 who = who.encode('utf-8')
-                nodes.append(node)
+                nodes.append(node.encode('ascii'))
 
             return pushid, who, when, nodes
 
     def verify(self):
         # Attempt to create database (since .pushes below won't).
         with self.conn():
             pass