error in line 58 in b64encode

[torturado]

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\myuser:D\Downloads\Stitch-master\Stitch-master\Application\main.py", line 5, in
from stitch_cmd import *
File "C:\Users\myuser:D\Downloads\Stitch-master\Stitch-master\Application\stitch_cmd.py", line 5, in
import stitch_winshell
File "C:\Users\myuser:D\Downloads\Stitch-master\Stitch-master\Application\stitch_winshell.py", line 5, in
import stitch_lib
File "C:\Users\myuser:D\Downloads\Stitch-master\Stitch-master\Application\stitch_lib.py", line 5, in
from stitch_help import *
File "C:\Users\myuser:D\Downloads\Stitch-master\Stitch-master\Application\stitch_help.py", line 5, in
from stitch_utils import st_print
File "C:\Users\myuser:D\Downloads\Stitch-master\Stitch-master\Application\stitch_utils.py", line 25, in
from Stitch_Vars.globals import *
File "C:\Users\myuser:D\Downloads\Stitch-master\Stitch-master\Application\Stitch_Vars\globals.py", line 77, in
key = base64.b64encode(key)
File "C:\Users\myuser:D\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\base64.py", line 58, in b64encode
encoded = binascii.b2a_base64(s, newline=False)
TypeError: a bytes-like object is required, not 'str'

[rajp013]

in the globals.py file in if part add .encode('utf-8')

like this:-

if not os.path.exists(st_aes):
key = ''.join(random.SystemRandom().choice(string.ascii_lowercase + string.ascii_uppercase + string.digits) for _ in
range(32)).encode('utf-8')
key = base64.b64encode(key)