diff --git a/src/config/api-server/vnc_cfg_api_server.py b/src/config/api-server/vnc_cfg_api_server.py
index 770922e2024..a6713f7a59c 100644
--- a/src/config/api-server/vnc_cfg_api_server.py
+++ b/src/config/api-server/vnc_cfg_api_server.py
@@ -1730,7 +1730,7 @@ def obj_perms_http_get(self):
             raise cfgm_common.exceptions.HttpError(
                 400, 'Object uuid needed for validation')
         obj_uuid = get_request().query.uuid
-        user_token = get_request().query.token
+        user_token = get_request().query.token.encode("ascii")
 
         result = {'permissions' : ''}