@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ def load_user_from_header(header_val):
def check_auth(username, password):
if sys.version_info.major == 3:
username=username.encode('windows-1252')
user = ub.session.query(ub.User).filter(func.lower(ub.User.nickname) == username.lower()).first()
user = ub.session.query(ub.User).filter(func.lower(ub.User.nickname) == username.decode('utf-8').lower()).first()
return bool(user and check_password_hash(user.password, password))