@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ class Message(object):
def _throw_dead(self):
if len(self.data):
raise ChannelError(self.data.decode(errors='replace'))
raise ChannelError(self.data.decode('utf-8', 'replace'))
elif self.src_id == mitogen.context_id:
raise ChannelError(ChannelError.local_msg)
else: