diff --git a/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/devices/pebble/PebbleProtocol.java b/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/devices/pebble/PebbleProtocol.java
index ede3da7ab..25c5cf2a9 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/devices/pebble/PebbleProtocol.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/devices/pebble/PebbleProtocol.java
@@ -1811,7 +1811,7 @@ public class PebbleProtocol extends GBDeviceProtocol {
                     buf.get(bytes);
                     if (type == TYPE_BYTEARRAY) {
                         jsonObject.put("type", "bytes");
-                        jsonObject.put("value", Base64.encode(bytes, Base64.NO_WRAP));
+                        jsonObject.put("value", new String(Base64.encode(bytes, Base64.NO_WRAP)));
                     } else {
                         jsonObject.put("type", "string");
                         jsonObject.put("value", new String(bytes));