diff --git a/ags/scripts/utils.ts b/ags/scripts/utils.ts
index 1204f17..4a847a4 100644
--- a/ags/scripts/utils.ts
+++ b/ags/scripts/utils.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 import { exec, execAsync, Gio, GLib } from "astal";
 
+export function getDecoded(text: (Uint8Array)): string {
+    const decoder = new TextDecoder('utf-8');
+    return decoder.decode(text);
+}
 
 export function getHyprlandInstanceSig(): (string|null) {
     return GLib.getenv("HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE");