diff --git a/flask_sockets.py b/flask_sockets.py
index ce6ac89..30ee633 100644
--- a/flask_sockets.py
+++ b/flask_sockets.py
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ def register_blueprint(self, blueprint, **options):
 
     class GunicornWebSocketHandler(PyWSGIHandler, WebSocketHandler):
         def log_request(self):
-            if '101' not in self.status:
+            if '101' not in str(self.status):
                 super(GunicornWebSocketHandler, self).log_request()
 
     Worker.wsgi_handler = GunicornWebSocketHandler