diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 53e7c36..c09305a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -122,6 +122,12 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "chardet"
+version = "0.2.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1a48563284b67c003ba0fb7243c87fab68885e1532c605704228a80238512e31"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "colored_json"
 version = "3.0.1"
@@ -989,7 +995,9 @@ name = "reqsnaked"
 version = "0.1.0-beta0"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
+ "chardet",
  "colored_json",
+ "encoding_rs",
  "futures",
  "http",
  "pyo3",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9902145..231b4a1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ crate-type = ["cdylib"]
 
 [dependencies]
 bytes = "1.4.0"
+chardet = "0.2"
 colored_json = "3.0.1"
+encoding_rs = "0.8.32"
 futures = "0.3.26"
 http = "0.2.9"
 pyo3 = { version = "0.16.3", features = ["extension-module"] }
diff --git a/reqsnaked.pyi b/reqsnaked.pyi
index 868e4ee..e14fab5 100644
--- a/reqsnaked.pyi
+++ b/reqsnaked.pyi
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ QueryValue = typing.Union[
 
 
 class Bytes:
-    def to_bytes(self) -> bytes:
+    def as_bytes(self) -> bytes:
+        pass
+
+    def decode(self) -> str:
         pass
 
 
diff --git a/src/rs2py/bytes.rs b/src/rs2py/bytes.rs
index e560c2f..e0ba454 100644
--- a/src/rs2py/bytes.rs
+++ b/src/rs2py/bytes.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-use pyo3::{prelude::*, types::PyBytes};
+use chardet::detect;
+use encoding_rs::{Encoding, UTF_8};
+use pyo3::{prelude::*, types::{PyBytes, PyString}};
 
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
@@ -10,6 +12,12 @@ impl Bytes {
     pub fn as_bytes<'rt>(&'rt self, py: Python<'rt>) -> &'rt PyBytes {
         PyBytes::new(py, self.0.as_ref())
     }
+    pub fn decode<'rt>(&'rt self, py: Python<'rt>) -> &'rt PyString {
+        let encoding = detect(self.0.as_ref()).0;
+
+        let encoding = Encoding::for_label(encoding.as_bytes()).unwrap_or(UTF_8);     
+        PyString::new(py, &encoding.decode(self.0.as_ref()).0)
+    }
 }
 
 pub fn init_module(py: Python, parent_module: &PyModule, library: &PyModule) -> PyResult<()> {