1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/wqflask/utility/hmac.py b/wqflask/utility/hmac.py
index b08be97e..aa21c741 100644
--- a/wqflask/utility/hmac.py
+++ b/wqflask/utility/hmac.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import print_function, division, absolute_import
-
 import hmac
 import hashlib
 
@@ -12,7 +10,7 @@ def hmac_creation(stringy):
 
     secret = app.config['SECRET_HMAC_CODE']
 
-    hmaced = hmac.new(secret, stringy, hashlib.sha1)
+    hmaced = hmac.new(bytearray(secret, 'utf8'), bytearray(stringy, 'utf8'), hashlib.sha1)
     hm = hmaced.hexdigest()
     # ZS: Leaving the below comment here to ask Pjotr about
     # "Conventional wisdom is that you don't lose much in terms of security if you throw away up to half of the output."
@@ -37,4 +35,4 @@ def url_for_hmac(endpoint, **values):
     return url + combiner + "hm=" + hm
 
 app.jinja_env.globals.update(url_for_hmac=url_for_hmac,
-                             data_hmac=data_hmac)
-\ No newline at end of file
+                             data_hmac=data_hmac)