Removed unnecessary encoding of user_id from authentication_tools.py

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/wqflask/utility/authentication_tools.py b/wqflask/utility/authentication_tools.py
index 786475a8..672b36d5 100644
--- a/wqflask/utility/authentication_tools.py
+++ b/wqflask/utility/authentication_tools.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def check_resource_availability(dataset, trait_id=None):
 
     # ZS: Check if super-user - we should probably come up with some
     # way to integrate this into the proxy
-    if str.encode(g.user_session.user_id) in Redis.smembers("super_users"):
+    if g.user_session.user_id in Redis.smembers("super_users"):
         return webqtlConfig.SUPER_PRIVILEGES
 
     response = None
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ def check_owner_or_admin(dataset=None, trait_id=None, resource_id=None):
         else:
             resource_id = get_resource_id(dataset, trait_id)
 
-    if str.encode(g.user_session.user_id) in Redis.smembers("super_users"):
+    if g.user_session.user_id in Redis.smembers("super_users"):
         return "owner"
 
     resource_info = get_resource_info(resource_id)