diff --git a/custom_components/zha_toolkit/utils.py b/custom_components/zha_toolkit/utils.py
index cde3c10..ae2b654 100644
--- a/custom_components/zha_toolkit/utils.py
+++ b/custom_components/zha_toolkit/utils.py
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ def dict_to_jsonable(src_dict):
                 value = value.serialize()
             if isinstance(value, bytes):
                 # "bytes" is not compatible with json, get a "string"
-                value = str(value, encoding="ascii")
+                value = str(value, encoding="unicode_escape")
             else:
                 # Anything else: get a textual representation
                 value = repr(value)
diff --git a/custom_components/zha_toolkit/zcl_attr.py b/custom_components/zha_toolkit/zcl_attr.py
index c90af58..62e1c96 100644
--- a/custom_components/zha_toolkit/zcl_attr.py
+++ b/custom_components/zha_toolkit/zcl_attr.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ async def my_read_reporting_configuration_multiple(
         record.direction = direction
         # LOGGER.warning(f"Record {record.direction} {record.attrid}")
         cfg.append(record)
-    LOGGER.warning("Read reporting with %s %r", cfg, kwargs)
+    LOGGER.debug("Read reporting with %s %r", cfg, kwargs)
     param = t.List[f.ReadReportingConfigRecord](cfg)
     LOGGER.debug("Resolves to %s", param)
 
@@ -88,9 +88,9 @@ async def my_read_reporting_configuration_multiple(
     )
 
     try:
-        LOGGER.warning("Read reporting with %s result %s", cfg, res)
+        LOGGER.debug("Read reporting with %s result %s", cfg, res)
     except Exception as e:
-        LOGGER.debug("Error when reporting result of Read Report %r", e)
+        LOGGER.warning("Error when reporting result of Read Report %r", e)
 
     # Parse configure reporting result for unsupported attributes
     records = res[0]