From 2aba3e249c6d45270f3278a0430082e68d9e01f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2018 07:21:44 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Linux installer: Workaround for bug in 3.0 <= python <= 3.5

---
 docs/installer.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/installer.py b/docs/installer.py
index 038482f5a..d65383869 100644
--- a/docs/installer.py
+++ b/docs/installer.py
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ class Reporter:  # {{{
 def get_latest_release_data():
     print('Checking for latest release on GitHub...')
     req = urllib.Request('https://api.github.com/repos/kovidgoyal/kitty/releases/latest', headers={'Accept': 'application/vnd.github.v3+json'})
-    res = urllib.urlopen(req)
-    data = json.load(res)
+    res = urllib.urlopen(req).read().decode('utf-8')
+    data = json.loads(res)
     html_url = data['html_url'].replace('/tag/', '/download/').rstrip('/')
     for asset in data.get('assets', ()):
         name = asset['name']