diff --git a/server/authentication.py b/server/authentication.py
index dbc5e17..ee2e7f4 100644
--- a/server/authentication.py
+++ b/server/authentication.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from Crypto.PublicKey import RSA
 from Crypto.PublicKey.RSA import RsaKey
 
 auth_logger = logging.getLogger('AUTH APPLICATION ')
-auth_logger.root.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+auth_logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
 
 class Authetication:
     ABSOLUTE_PATH = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0]))
diff --git a/server/netwrapper.py b/server/netwrapper.py
index cae72f6..d94b982 100644
--- a/server/netwrapper.py
+++ b/server/netwrapper.py
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ class NetWrapper:
         cipher = PKCS1_OAEP.new(self.currentClientPublicKey)
         identMsg = json.dumps(
             {'type': 'IDY', 'source': self.network.own_addr,
-             'message': b64encode(cipher.encrypt(retmsg.encode('UTF-8')))}).decode(
-            'ASCII')
+             'message': b64encode(cipher.encrypt(retmsg.encode('UTF-8'))).decode('ASCII')}).encode(
+            'UTF-8')
         self.network.send_msg(self.clientAddr, identMsg)
 
     def sendMessage(self, message: bytes) -> None: