diff --git a/jobposting/views.py b/jobposting/views.py
index 9bb7805..7615c70 100644
--- a/jobposting/views.py
+++ b/jobposting/views.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class GetAuthTokenView(APIView):
         client_secret = settings.REACT_CLIENT_SECRET
         print("GET SECRET")
         credential = "{0}:{1}".format(client_id, client_secret)
-        credential_b = base64.b64encode(credential.encode("utf-8"))
+        credential_b = base64.b64encode(credential.encode("utf-8")).decode("utf-8") 
         print(credential_b)
         headers = {
             "Authorization": f"Basic {credential_b}",