diff --git a/pydruid/query.py b/pydruid/query.py
index af246a02..957ee9da 100644
--- a/pydruid/query.py
+++ b/pydruid/query.py
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ def export_pandas(self):
             return df
 
     def __str__(self):
-        return self.result
+        return str(self.result)
 
     def __len__(self):
         return len(self.result)