diff --git a/openpype/hosts/nuke/plugins/publish/extract_slate_frame.py b/openpype/hosts/nuke/plugins/publish/extract_slate_frame.py
index 54c88717c5..06c086b10d 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/nuke/plugins/publish/extract_slate_frame.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/nuke/plugins/publish/extract_slate_frame.py
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ class ExtractSlateFrame(publish.Extractor):
 
         # render slate as sequence frame
         nuke.execute(
-            str(instance.data["name"]),
+            instance.data["name"],
             int(slate_first_frame),
             int(slate_first_frame)
         )