diff --git a/server/netwrapper.py b/server/netwrapper.py
index 529f864..732d03b 100644
--- a/server/netwrapper.py
+++ b/server/netwrapper.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ 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 login(self) -> bool:
         b64 = {'source': '', 'type': ''}