diff --git a/jobposting/views.py b/jobposting/views.py
index 30d23e3..691837a 100644
--- a/jobposting/views.py
+++ b/jobposting/views.py
@@ -99,10 +99,10 @@ class GetAuthTokenView(APIView):
         client_secret = settings.REACT_CLIENT_SECRET
         print("GET SECRET")
         credential = "{0}:{1}".format(client_id, client_secret)
-        base64.b64encode(credential.encode("utf-8"))
+        credential_b = base64.b64encode(credential.encode("utf-8"))
 
         headers = {
-            "Authorization": f"Basic {credential}",
+            "Authorization": f"Basic {credential_b}",
             "Cache-Control": "no-cache",
             "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
         }