diff --git a/overrides.py b/overrides.py
index 9b51dd5..6b98bf0 100644
--- a/overrides.py
+++ b/overrides.py
@@ -46,6 +46,6 @@ class bytes(bbytes):
     def safe_decode(cls) -> str:
         'Calls cls.decode(cls, errors = "ignore"), if that errors, returns a blank bytes object'
         try:
-            return cls.decode(cls, errors = "ignore")  # type: ignore
+            return cls.decode(cls.value, errors = "ignore")  # type: ignore
         except TypeError:
             return "nul"