diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index dcdfc24..eba5e97 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     packages=find_packages('src'),
     package_dir={'': 'src'}, include_package_data=True,
 
-    install_requires=['requests'],
+    install_requires=['requests', 'six'],
 
     extras_require={
         'dev': ['check-manifest'],
diff --git a/src/codacy/reporter.py b/src/codacy/reporter.py
index 68ebc6c..09fcc23 100755
--- a/src/codacy/reporter.py
+++ b/src/codacy/reporter.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import os
 from xml.dom import minidom
 import requests
+import six
 
 logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO,
                     format='%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s')
@@ -107,7 +108,10 @@ def upload_report(report, token, commit):
     logging.debug(r.content)
     r.raise_for_status()
 
-    message = json.loads(r.content)['success']
+    if six.PY2:
+        message = json.loads(r.content)['success']
+    else:
+        message = json.loads(str(r.content, 'utf-8'))['success']
     logging.info(message)