Fix issues caught by type-checker.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/uploader/route_utils.py b/uploader/route_utils.py
index fa63233..426d7eb 100644
--- a/uploader/route_utils.py
+++ b/uploader/route_utils.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def generic_select_population(
 def redirect_to_next(default: dict):
     """Redirect to the next uri if specified, else redirect to default."""
     assert "uri" in default, "You must provide at least the 'uri' value."
-    _next = request.args.get("next")
+    _next = request.args.get("next") or ""
     if bool(_next):
         try:
             next_page = base64_decode_to_dict(_next)
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def redirect_to_next(default: dict):
         **{key:value for key,value in default.items() if key != "uri"}))
 
 
-def build_next_argument(uri: str, **kwargs) -> str:
+def build_next_argument(uri: str, **kwargs) -> bytes:
     """Build the `next` URI argument from provided details."""
     dumps_keywords = (
         "skipkeys", "ensure_ascii", "check_circular", "allow_nan", "cls",