diff --git a/src/config.py b/src/config.py
index a63f363..f4eb9c9 100644
--- a/src/config.py
+++ b/src/config.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import os
 
-api_secret = os.environ.get("GANDI_API_SECRET", "TOKEN")
-api_endpoint = os.environ.get("GANDI_API_ENDPOINT",'https://dns.api.gandi.net/api/v5')
+api_secret = os.environ.get("GANDI_API_SECRET", "TOKEN").replace("\"","")
+api_endpoint = os.environ.get("GANDI_API_ENDPOINT",'https://dns.api.gandi.net/api/v5').replace("\"","") 
 
-static_ip = os.environ.get("GANDI_STATIC_IP","")
-domain = os.environ.get("GANDI_DOMAIN","")
-subdomains = os.environ.get("GANDI_SUBDOMAINS","").split(",")
-ttl = os.environ.get("GANDI_TIMEOUT","300")
-ifconfig = os.environ.get("GANDI_IFCONFIG","https://ifconfig.co/ip")
+static_ip = os.environ.get("GANDI_STATIC_IP","").replace("\"","") 
+domain = os.environ.get("GANDI_DOMAIN","").replace("\"","") 
+subdomains = os.environ.get("GANDI_SUBDOMAINS","").replace("\"","").split(",")
+ttl = os.environ.get("GANDI_TIMEOUT","300").replace("\"","") 
+ifconfig = os.environ.get("GANDI_IFCONFIG","https://ifconfig.co/ip").replace("\"","") 
diff --git a/src/gandi-live-dns.py b/src/gandi-live-dns.py
index a3d7a07..365e7b2 100755
--- a/src/gandi-live-dns.py
+++ b/src/gandi-live-dns.py
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ def get_dnsip(uuid):
     u = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
     if u.status_code == 200:
         json_object = json.loads(u._content)
-        print('Checking IP from DNS Record' , config.subdomains[0], ':', json_object['rrset_values'][0].encode('ascii','ignore').strip('\n'))
-        return json_object['rrset_values'][0].encode('ascii','ignore').strip('\n')
+        print('Checking IP from DNS Record' , config.subdomains[0], ':', json_object['rrset_values'][0].encode('ascii','ignore').decode().strip('\n'))
+        return json_object['rrset_values'][0].strip('\n')
     else:
         print('Error: HTTP Status Code ', u.status_code, 'when trying to get IP from subdomain', config.subdomains[0])   
         print(json_object['message'])
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ def main(force_update, verbosity):
     if verbosity:
         print("verbosity turned on - not implemented by now")
 
-        
     #get zone ID from Account
     uuid = get_uuid()