diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..291678c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+__pycache__/
+lib/
+venv/
diff --git a/lib/TunnaClient.py b/lib/TunnaClient.py
index c350526..3c04320 100644
--- a/lib/TunnaClient.py
+++ b/lib/TunnaClient.py
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ def Threaded_request(self, remote_port, remote_ip=None, socks=True):
             # send options
             resp = self.HTTPreq(url)
 
-            if (resp[:4] == '[OK]'):  # If ok is received (non-php webshell): Thread not needed
+            if (resp[:4] == b'[OK]'):  # If ok is received (non-php webshell): Thread not needed
                 print('[-] Keep-alive thread not required')
             # if ok/proxy is not received something went wrong (if nothing is received: it's a PHP webshell)
             else: