--- mirrorselect/main.py	2017-02-20 19:22:07.000000000 +0000
+++ mirrorselect/main.p		2017-02-20 19:21:40.332951323 +0000
@@ -107,9 +107,10 @@
 				var = 'SYNC'
 		else:
 			var = 'GENTOO_MIRRORS'
-
-		if hasattr(hosts[0], 'decode'):
-			hosts = [x.decode('utf-8') for x in hosts]
+		
+		for i in range(0, len(hosts)):
+			if hasattr(hosts[i], 'decode'):
+			    hosts[i] = hosts[i].decode('utf-8')
 
 		if var == "sync-uri" and out:
 			mirror_string = '%s = %s' % (var, ' '.join(hosts))