diff --git a/weboob/tools/application/console.py b/weboob/tools/application/console.py
index 9870e800..e9f8dd6d 100644
--- a/weboob/tools/application/console.py
+++ b/weboob/tools/application/console.py
@@ -152,7 +152,10 @@ class ConsoleApplication(BaseApplication):
         elif command_result is None:
             return 0
         else:
-            raise Exception('command_result type not expected: %s' % type(command_result))
+            try:
+                print unicode(command_result)
+            except ValueError:
+                raise Exception('command_result type not expected: %s' % type(command_result))
 
     _commands = []
     def register_command(f, doc_string, register_to=_commands):