diff --git a/client/netwrapper.py b/client/netwrapper.py
index 77dd3d2..cc29f66 100644
--- a/client/netwrapper.py
+++ b/client/netwrapper.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class NetWrapper:
         cipherkey = dh.gen_shared_key(serverpubkey).encode('UTF-8')
         hasher = SHA512.new()
         hasher.update(cipherkey)
-        self.cipherkey = hasher.hexdigest()[:32]
+        self.cipherkey = (hasher.hexdigest()[:32]).encode('UTF-8')
 
     def authenticate(self, password: str):
         message = f"LIN {self.username} {password}".encode('UTF-8')