diff --git a/src/js2python.cpp b/src/js2python.cpp
index 3fcff5ead..45b0c51e5 100644
--- a/src/js2python.cpp
+++ b/src/js2python.cpp
@@ -32,13 +32,11 @@ PyObject *jsToPython(val x) {
     PyObject *pypy_x = py_x.x;
     Py_INCREF(pypy_x);
     return pypy_x;
+  } else if (!x["byteLength"].isUndefined()) {
+    std::string x_str = x.as<std::string>();
+    return PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(x_str.c_str(), x_str.size());
   } else {
-    try {
-      std::string x_str = x.as<std::string>();
-      return PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(x_str.c_str(), x_str.size());
-    } catch (...) {
-      return JsProxy_cnew(x);
-    }
+    return JsProxy_cnew(x);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/test/test_python.py b/test/test_python.py
index e80200ebd..5f5e01f67 100644
--- a/test/test_python.py
+++ b/test/test_python.py
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ def test_print(selenium):
     assert 'This should be logged' in selenium.logs
 
 
+def test_import_js(selenium):
+    result = selenium.run(
+        "from js import window\nwindow.title = 'Foo'\nwindow.title")
+    assert result == 'Foo'
+
+
 def test_run_core_python_test(python_test, selenium):
     selenium.run(
         "import sys\n"