Merge pull request #239 from NBISweden/hotfix/request-access

Fixed bug where Request Access failed for unregistered users
NBISweden · Aug 23, 2017 · ce80d83 · ce80d83
2 parents c8982eb + 2562102
commit ce80d83
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diff --git a/tornado/handlers.py b/tornado/handlers.py
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ def get_current_user(self):
                 return db.User.select().where( db.User.email == email ).get()
             except peewee.DoesNotExist:
                 ## Not saved in the database yet
-                return db.User(email = email, name = name)
+                return db.User(email = email.decode('utf-8'),
+                               name  = name.decode('utf-8'))
         else:
             return None