diff --git a/IM/ConfManager.py b/IM/ConfManager.py
index 7a6457459..3fc71c2de 100644
--- a/IM/ConfManager.py
+++ b/IM/ConfManager.py
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ def generate_playbook(self, vm, ctxt_elem, tmp_dir):
             if vault_password:
                 vault_edit = self.get_vault_editor(vault_password)
                 if configure.recipes.strip().startswith("$ANSIBLE_VAULT"):
-                    recipes = vault_edit.vault.decrypt(configure.recipes.strip())
+                    recipes = str(vault_edit.vault.decrypt(configure.recipes.strip()))
                 else:
                     recipes = configure.recipes
                 conf_content = merge_recipes(conf_content, recipes)