@@ -62,7 +62,10 @@ def parseNodes(nodes):

                 retval_item[name] = parseNodes([child])

             else:

                 found_text = node.findtext(".//%s" % child.tag)

-                retval_item[name] = decode_from_s3(found_text) if found_text is not None else None

+                if found_text is not None:

+                    retval_item[name] = decode_from_s3(found_text)

+                else:

+                    retval_item[name] = None

         retval.append(retval_item)

     return retval

 __all__.append("parseNodes")