diff --git a/parsers/drawings.py b/parsers/drawings.py
index b4afbd2..650490f 100644
--- a/parsers/drawings.py
+++ b/parsers/drawings.py
@@ -221,9 +221,9 @@ def settherionfileinfo(filetuple):
     therionfile.save()
 
 
-rx_skpath = re.compile(rb"<skpath")
-rx_pcpath = re.compile(rb'<pcarea area_signal="frame".*?sfsketch="([^"]*)" sfstyle="([^"]*)"')
-rx_pctext = re.compile(rb'pctext.*?\*ref&space;([^&]*)')
+rx_skpath = re.compile(r"<skpath")
+rx_pcpath = re.compile(r'<pcarea area_signal="frame".*?sfsketch="([^"]*)" sfstyle="([^"]*)"')
+rx_pctext = re.compile(r'pctext.*?\*ref&space;([^&]*)')
 
 
 def settnlfileinfo(dwgfile):
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ def settnlfileinfo(dwgfile):
         print(message)
         DataIssue.objects.create(parser="Tunnel", message=message, url=f"/dwgdataraw/{dwgfile.dwgpath}")
         return
-    fin = open(ff, "rb") # tunnel files are not actually ascii, despite what they say. They have weird bytes in them.
+    fin = open(ff, "r") # tunnel files are now all utf-8 after fixup 24/10/2025.
     ttext = fin.read()
     fin.close()
 
@@ -256,18 +256,18 @@ def settnlfileinfo(dwgfile):
 
     # sfsketch="surveyscans/2025/2025#41/plan_diddlypot.png"
     for scanfile_path, style in rx_pcpath.findall(ttext):
-        parse_tnl_file(dwgfile, scanfile_path.decode())
+        parse_tnl_file(dwgfile, scanfile_path)
 
     # <pathcodes>
     # <pctext style="survey" nodeposxrel="-1.0" nodeposyrel="-1.0"> *file_begin "/home/expo/loser/caves-1623/2025-dw-01/trip1.svx" "trip1.svx" | *begin 1 | *export 1 25 | | ; Cave: 2025-dw-01 | ; Area in cave/QM: Entrance series | *title "2025-dw-01" | *date 2025.07.13 | *team "Dylan Wase" notes | *team "Daniel Gorst" dog | *instrument SAP "SAP6 Dylan" | *ref 2025#20 | 
     for refs in rx_pctext.findall(ttext):
         try:
-            wallets = Wallet.objects.filter(walletname=refs.decode())
+            wallets = Wallet.objects.filter(walletname=refs)
             if wallets:
                 for w in wallets:
                     dwgfile.dwgwallets.add(w)
         except:
-            message =  f"  ! wallet not found referenced from {dwgfile} -- '{refs.decode()}' "
+            message =  f"  ! wallet not found referenced from {dwgfile} -- '{refs}' "
             print(message)
             DataIssue.objects.create(parser="Tunnel", message=message, url=f"/dwgdataraw/{dwgfile}")