diff --git a/pungi_utils/unified_isos.py b/pungi_utils/unified_isos.py
index 1a5287e4..2a60b5f9 100644
--- a/pungi_utils/unified_isos.py
+++ b/pungi_utils/unified_isos.py
@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@ class UnifiedISO(object):
             self.createiso()
             self.update_checksums()
             self.dump_manifest()
+        except RuntimeError as exc:
+            if hasattr(exc, "output"):
+                print(exc.output)
+            raise
         finally:
             if delete_temp:
                 shutil.rmtree(self.temp_dir)
@@ -377,7 +381,8 @@ class UnifiedISO(object):
             run(
                 iso.get_mkisofs_cmd(
                     iso_path, [source_dir], volid=volid, exclude=["./lost+found"]
-                )
+                ),
+                universal_newlines=True,
             )
 
             # implant MD5
diff --git a/tests/test_unified_isos.py b/tests/test_unified_isos.py
index 9aa3d779..4952539b 100755
--- a/tests/test_unified_isos.py
+++ b/tests/test_unified_isos.py
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ class TestCreateiso(PungiTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(
             run.mock_calls,
             [
-                mock.call(self.mkisofs_cmd),
+                mock.call(self.mkisofs_cmd, universal_newlines=True),
                 mock.call(iso.get_implantisomd5_cmd.return_value),
                 mock.call(iso.get_manifest_cmd.return_value),
             ]