diff --git a/pydecoder/xmldecode.py b/pydecoder/xmldecode.py
index a6a0e14d..667156d0 100644
--- a/pydecoder/xmldecode.py
+++ b/pydecoder/xmldecode.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from collections import Iterator
 
 from six import wraps, u, string_types, text_type
-from six.moves import map
+from six.moves import map, reduce
 
 from toolz import curry, first
 
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ def to_int(val):
     try:
         return ok(int(val))
     except (TypeError, ValueError) as err:
-        return error(unicode(err))
+        return error(text_type(err))
 
 
 @to_val
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ def to_float(val):
     try:
         return ok(float(val))
     except (TypeError, ValueError) as err:
-        return error(unicode(err))
+        return error(text_type(err))
 
 
 @to_val
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ def to_string(val):
     if val is None:
         return error(u'Can\'t be null')
 
-    return ok(val) if isinstance(val, text_type) else ok(unicode(val, 'utf-8'))
+    return ok(val) if isinstance(val, text_type) else ok(text_type(val, 'utf-8'))
 
 
 @to_val
diff --git a/tests/test_decoders.py b/tests/test_decoders.py
index ed48cdf4..aba57d79 100644
--- a/tests/test_decoders.py
+++ b/tests/test_decoders.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def ftest(val):
     rv = ftest(i)
 
     assert is_error(rv)
-    assert rv.message == 'Value is empty.'
+    assert rv.value == 'Value is empty.'
 
 
 def test_to_string_return_decoded_result():
diff --git a/tests/test_xml_decoder.py b/tests/test_xml_decoder.py
index 7c9db015..ecc565d4 100644
--- a/tests/test_xml_decoder.py
+++ b/tests/test_xml_decoder.py
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 from pyresult import is_ok, is_error, value
 
 
-def creator(*args):
-    return args
+def creator(values):
+    return values
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def test_xml_return_ok_result(tree):
     )
 
     assert is_ok(rv)
-    assert value(rv) == ('foo', )
+    assert value(rv) == ['foo', ]
 
 
 def test_xml_return_error_result(tree):
@@ -68,6 +68,5 @@ def test_xml_return_error_result_with_aggregate_messages(tree):
     )
 
     assert is_error(rv)
-    messages = rv.message.split('\n')
-    for msg in messages:
+    for msg in rv.value:
         assert msg.find(u'Value is empty.') > -1