diff --git a/cli/nvidia-smi.py b/cli/nvidia-smi.py
index 37d6390c5..298fc562e 100755
--- a/cli/nvidia-smi.py
+++ b/cli/nvidia-smi.py
@@ -13,9 +13,8 @@ def get_nvidia_smi(output='dict'):
     if smi is None:
         log.error("nvidia-smi not found")
         return None
-    result = subprocess.run(f'"{smi}" -q -x', shell=True, check=False, env=os.environ, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
-    xml = result.stdout.decode(encoding="utf8", errors="ignore")
-    d = xmltodict.parse(xml)
+    result = subprocess.run(f'"{smi}" -q -x', shell=True, check=False, env=os.environ, capture_output=True, text=True)
+    d = xmltodict.parse(result.stdout)
     if 'nvidia_smi_log' in d:
         d = d['nvidia_smi_log']
     if 'gpu' in d and 'supported_clocks' in d['gpu']:
diff --git a/launch.py b/launch.py
index 6664be77b..a3d503293 100755
--- a/launch.py
+++ b/launch.py
@@ -97,13 +97,13 @@ def run(command, desc=None, errdesc=None, custom_env=None, live=False): # compat
         if result.returncode != 0:
             raise RuntimeError(f"""{errdesc or 'Error running command'} Command: {command} Error code: {result.returncode}""")
         return ''
-    result = subprocess.run(command, capture_output=True, check=False, shell=True, env=os.environ if custom_env is None else custom_env)
+    result = subprocess.run(command, capture_output=True, check=False, shell=True, env=os.environ if custom_env is None else custom_env, text=True)
     if result.returncode != 0:
         raise RuntimeError(f"""{errdesc or 'Error running command'}: {command} code: {result.returncode}
-{result.stdout.decode(encoding="utf8", errors="ignore") if len(result.stdout)>0 else ''}
-{result.stderr.decode(encoding="utf8", errors="ignore") if len(result.stderr)>0 else ''}
+{result.stdout}
+{result.stderr}
 """)
-    return result.stdout.decode(encoding="utf8", errors="ignore")
+    return result.stdout
 
 
 def check_run(command): # compatbility function
diff --git a/modules/devices.py b/modules/devices.py
index 99276e30e..90f86ffcb 100644
--- a/modules/devices.py
+++ b/modules/devices.py
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ def get_gpu_info():
         elif torch.cuda.is_available() and torch.version.cuda:
             try:
                 import subprocess
-                result = subprocess.run('nvidia-smi --query-gpu=driver_version --format=csv,noheader', shell=True, check=False, env=os.environ, capture_output=True)
-                version = result.stdout.decode(encoding="utf8", errors="ignore").strip()
+                result = subprocess.run('nvidia-smi --query-gpu=driver_version --format=csv,noheader', shell=True, check=False, env=os.environ, capture_output=True, text=True)
+                version = result.stdout.strip()
                 return version
             except Exception:
                 return ''
diff --git a/modules/rocm.py b/modules/rocm.py
index 7295b4a52..576686d18 100644
--- a/modules/rocm.py
+++ b/modules/rocm.py
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ def dirname(path_: str, r: int = 1) -> str:
 
 
 def spawn(command: str | list[str], cwd: os.PathLike = '.') -> str:
-    process = subprocess.run(command, cwd=cwd, shell=True, check=False, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)
-    return process.stdout.decode(encoding="utf8", errors="ignore")
+    process = subprocess.run(command, cwd=cwd, shell=True, check=False, capture_output=True, text=True)
+    return process.stdout
 
 
 def load_library_global(path_: str):