diff --git a/Modules/_sqlite/cursor.c b/Modules/_sqlite/cursor.c
index 98f5e0d..94aea9b 100644
--- a/Modules/_sqlite/cursor.c
+++ b/Modules/_sqlite/cursor.c
@@ -321,12 +321,13 @@
         }
 
         if (converter != Py_None) {
-            val_str = (const char*)sqlite3_column_text(self->statement->st, i);
+            nbytes = sqlite3_column_bytes(self->statement->st, i);
+            val_str = (const char*)sqlite3_column_blob(self->statement->st, i);
             if (!val_str) {
                 Py_INCREF(Py_None);
                 converted = Py_None;
             } else {
-                item = PyString_FromString(val_str);
+                item = PyString_FromStringAndSize(val_str, nbytes);
                 if (!item) {
                     return NULL;
                 }
diff --git a/Modules/_sqlite/module.h b/Modules/_sqlite/module.h
index 3fdac61..e514bd1 100644
--- a/Modules/_sqlite/module.h
+++ b/Modules/_sqlite/module.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #define PYSQLITE_MODULE_H
 #include "Python.h"
 
-#define PYSQLITE_VERSION "2.3.1"
+#define PYSQLITE_VERSION "2.3.2"
 
 extern PyObject* Error;
 extern PyObject* Warning;