diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index f072c3b7..f9384deb 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ PyGithub is stable. I will maintain it up to date with the API, and fix bugs if
 What's new?
 ===========
 
+Version 1.12.2 (March 3rd, 2013)
+--------------------------------
+
+* `Fix <https://github.com/jacquev6/PyGithub/issues/142>`_ major issue with Python 3: Json decoding was broken. Thank you `bilderbuchi <https://github.com/bilderbuchi>`_ for reporting
+
 Version 1.12.1 (February 20th, 2013)
 ------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/doc/changes.rst b/doc/changes.rst
index bf96964f..1191777e 100644
--- a/doc/changes.rst
+++ b/doc/changes.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ Change log
 Stable versions
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
+Version 1.12.2 (March 3rd, 2013)
+--------------------------------
+
+* `Fix <https://github.com/jacquev6/PyGithub/issues/142>`_ major issue with Python 3: Json decoding was broken. Thank you `bilderbuchi <https://github.com/bilderbuchi>`_ for reporting
+
 Version 1.12.1 (February 20th, 2013)
 ------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/github/Requester.py b/github/Requester.py
index 76ffc65b..59c6c37c 100644
--- a/github/Requester.py
+++ b/github/Requester.py
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ class Requester:
         cls.__httpConnectionClass = httpConnectionClass
         cls.__httpsConnectionClass = httpsConnectionClass
 
+    @classmethod
+    def resetConnectionClasses(cls):
+        cls.__httpConnectionClass = httplib.HTTPConnection
+        cls.__httpsConnectionClass = httplib.HTTPSConnection
+
     def __init__(self, login_or_token, password, base_url, timeout, client_id, client_secret, user_agent):
         if password is not None:
             login = login_or_token
@@ -91,6 +96,8 @@ class Requester:
         if len(data) == 0:
             return None
         else:
+            if atLeastPython3 and isinstance(data, bytes):  # pragma no branch
+                data = data.decode("utf-8")  # pragma no cover
             return json.loads(data)
 
     def requestJson(self, verb, url, parameters, input):
@@ -192,10 +199,12 @@ class Requester:
             return url + "?" + urllib.urlencode(parameters)
 
     def __createConnection(self):
-        if atLeastPython26:
-            return self.__connectionClass(host=self.__hostname, port=self.__port, strict=True, timeout=self.__timeout)
-        else:  # pragma no cover
-            return self.__connectionClass(host=self.__hostname, port=self.__port, strict=True)  # pragma no cover
+        kwds = {}
+        if not atLeastPython3:  # pragma no branch
+            kwds["strict"] = True  # Useless in Python3, would generate a deprecation warning
+        if atLeastPython26:  # pragma no branch
+            kwds["timeout"] = self.__timeout  # Did not exist before Python2.6
+        return self.__connectionClass(host=self.__hostname, port=self.__port, **kwds)
 
     def __log(self, verb, url, requestHeaders, input, status, responseHeaders, output):
         logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
diff --git a/github/tests/AllTests.py b/github/tests/AllTests.py
index b9c8ae87..c72489f8 100644
--- a/github/tests/AllTests.py
+++ b/github/tests/AllTests.py
@@ -65,3 +65,4 @@ from Issue133 import *
 from Issue134 import *
 from Issue139 import *
 from Issue140 import *
+from Issue142 import *
diff --git a/github/tests/Framework.py b/github/tests/Framework.py
index 4eca1925..9cd5b4df 100644
--- a/github/tests/Framework.py
+++ b/github/tests/Framework.py
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ class BasicTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     def tearDown(self):
         unittest.TestCase.tearDown(self)
         self.__closeReplayFileIfNeeded()
+        github.Requester.Requester.resetConnectionClasses()
 
     def __openFile(self, mode):
         for (_, _, functionName, _) in traceback.extract_stack():
diff --git a/github/tests/Issue142.py b/github/tests/Issue142.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..66d7439f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/github/tests/Issue142.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright 2012 Vincent Jacques
+# vincent@vincent-jacques.net
+
+# This file is part of PyGithub. http://jacquev6.github.com/PyGithub/
+
+# PyGithub is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+# PyGithub is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with PyGithub.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import unittest
+import github
+
+
+class Issue142(unittest.TestCase):  # https://github.com/jacquev6/PyGithub/issues/140
+    def testDecodeJson(self):
+        # This test has to hit GitHub for real, because the record-replay framework looses types
+        # and python3 does not behave like python3 for strings and bytes
+        self.assertEqual(github.Github().get_user("jacquev6").name, "Vincent Jacques")
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 42387a67..bd887634 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import subprocess
 import shutil
 import os.path
 
-version = "1.12.1"
+version = "1.12.2"
 
 
 def execute(*args):