diff --git a/snakebite/formatter.py b/snakebite/formatter.py
index df5345d..87ea146 100644
--- a/snakebite/formatter.py
+++ b/snakebite/formatter.py
@@ -246,6 +246,5 @@ def format_stat(results, json_output=False):
 
 
 def format_bytes(bytes):
-    ascii = binascii.b2a_hex(bytes)
-    byte_array = [ascii[i:i + 2] for i in range(0, len(ascii), 2)]
-    return  "%s (len: %d)"% (" ".join(byte_array), len(byte_array))
+    return repr(bytes)
+