diff --git a/tabula/tabula/windc/api.py b/tabula/tabula/windc/api.py
index 59e105d5..6f24c654 100644
--- a/tabula/tabula/windc/api.py
+++ b/tabula/tabula/windc/api.py
@@ -164,9 +164,9 @@ def get_status_message_for_service(request, service_id):
     reports = windcclient(request).sessions.\
                reports(environment_id, session_id, service_id)
     
-    result = ""
+    result = 'Initialization.... \n'
     for report in reports:
-        result += '  ' + report.text + '\n'
+        result += '  ' + str(report.text) + '\n'
     
     return result