diff --git a/EpisodesCommunity/settings.py b/EpisodesCommunity/settings.py
index 01e0fac..56f9aa1 100644
--- a/EpisodesCommunity/settings.py
+++ b/EpisodesCommunity/settings.py
@@ -133,5 +133,6 @@ STATIC_URL = '/static/'
 
 
 AUTH_TOKEN_ENDPOINT = oauth_options.get('token_endpoint','https://icynet.eu/oauth/')
-AUTH_B64 = base64.b64encode(bytearray('%s:%s'%(oauth_options.get('client_id'),oauth_options.get('client_secret')),'utf-8')) 
+AUTH_CLIENT_ID = oauth_options.get('client_id')
+AUTH_B64 = base64.b64encode(bytearray('%s:%s'%(AUTH_CLIENT_ID,oauth_options.get('client_secret')),'utf-8')).decode("utf-8")
 AUTH_REDIRECT_URL = oauth_options.get('redirect_url')