diff --git a/ch03/web/index.py b/ch03/web/index.py
index 26e3975..419f603 100644
--- a/ch03/web/index.py
+++ b/ch03/web/index.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def sent_counts():
   sent_counts = db['sent_counts'].find()
   results = {}
   results['keys'] = 'from', 'to', 'total'
-  results['values'] = [[s['from'], s['to'], s['total']] for s in sent_counts if re.search('apache', s['from']) or re.search('apache', s['to'])]
+  results['values'] = [[s['from'], s['to'], s['total']] for s in sent_counts if re.search('apache', str(s['from'])) or re.search('apache', str(s['to']))]
   results['values'] = results['values'][0:17]
   return render_template('table.html', results=results)