predict from sample_notebook producing error

[rpoli40]

When running the code getting the following error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "fb_predict_multilabel.py", line 102, in
multi_label=True, model_type='bert', do_lower_case=False)
File "/home/bert/pvenv/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/fast_bert/prediction.py", line 40, in init
self.model_path, use_fast=use_fast_tokenizer
File "/home/bert/pvenv/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/transformers/tokenization_auto.py", line 206, in from_pretrained
config = AutoConfig.from_pretrained(pretrained_model_name_or_path, **kwargs)
File "/home/bert/pvenv/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/transformers/configuration_auto.py", line 203, in from_pretrained
config_dict, _ = PretrainedConfig.get_config_dict(pretrained_model_name_or_path, **kwargs)
File "/home/bert/pvenv/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/transformers/configuration_utils.py", line 225, in get_config_dict
elif os.path.isfile(pretrained_model_name_or_path) or is_remote_url(pretrained_model_name_or_path):
File "/home/bert/pvenv/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/transformers/file_utils.py", line 447, in is_remote_url
parsed = urlparse(url_or_filename)
File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/urllib/parse.py", line 367, in urlparse
url, scheme, _coerce_result = _coerce_args(url, scheme)
File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/urllib/parse.py", line 123, in _coerce_args
return _decode_args(args) + (_encode_result,)
File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/urllib/parse.py", line 107, in _decode_args
return tuple(x.decode(encoding, errors) if x else '' for x in args)
File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/urllib/parse.py", line 107, in
return tuple(x.decode(encoding, errors) if x else '' for x in args)
AttributeError: 'PosixPath' object has no attribute 'decode'