diff --git a/overrides.py b/overrides.py
index 07ff912..eee6b13 100644
--- a/overrides.py
+++ b/overrides.py
@@ -48,4 +48,4 @@ class bytes(bbytes):
         try:
             return cls.decode(cls, errors = "ignore")  # type: ignore
         except TypeError:
-            return bytes(b'')
+            return ""