diff --git a/web/pgadmin/utils/driver/psycopg2/connection.py b/web/pgadmin/utils/driver/psycopg2/connection.py
index 33af4f57c..08cf20c8d 100644
--- a/web/pgadmin/utils/driver/psycopg2/connection.py
+++ b/web/pgadmin/utils/driver/psycopg2/connection.py
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ class Connection(BaseConnection):
             cur,
             "SET DateStyle=ISO; "
             "SET client_min_messages=notice; "
-            "SELECT set_config('bytea_output','escape',false) FROM pg_settings"
+            "SELECT set_config('bytea_output','hex',false) FROM pg_settings"
             " WHERE name = 'bytea_output'; "
             "SET client_encoding='{0}';".format(postgres_encoding)
         )