1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/wqflask/utility/hmac.py b/wqflask/utility/hmac.py
index fd75803e..6623f69a 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 +10,9 @@ def hmac_creation(stringy):
     """Helper function to create the actual hmac"""
 
     secret = app.config['SECRET_HMAC_CODE']
-    hmaced = hmac.new(secret, stringy, hashlib.sha1)
+    hmaced = hmac.new(bytearray(secret, "utf-8"),
+                      bytearray(stringy, "utf-8"),
+                      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."