diff --git a/src/limedriver/limedriver.pyx b/src/limedriver/limedriver.pyx
index 63bc855..da4ded8 100644
--- a/src/limedriver/limedriver.pyx
+++ b/src/limedriver/limedriver.pyx
@@ -660,6 +660,14 @@ cdef class PyLimeConfig:
             self._config.c3_synth[i] = values[i]
  
     # String properties
+    @property
+    def device(self):
+        return self._config.device.decode('utf-8')
+    
+    @device.setter
+    def device(self, str value):
+        self._config.device = value.encode('utf-8')
+
     @property
     def file_pattern(self):
         return self._config.file_pattern.decode()