diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
index 57b2d5f..5e6ab79 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ def test_console_script():
             command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0]
     with open('tests/fixtures/README.txt') as f:
         expect = ''.join(f.readlines())
-    if type(result) == bytes:
+    if isinstance(result, bytes):
         result = result.decode('utf-8')
     assert result == expect
 
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@ def test_version_string():
         command[2] = 'textile.__main__'
         result = subprocess.Popen(
             command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0]
-    if type(result) == bytes:
+    if isinstance(result, bytes):
         result = result.decode('utf-8')
     assert result.strip() == textile.__version__