diff --git a/onesky/client.py b/onesky/client.py
index ef64ba7..e5b73b6 100644
--- a/onesky/client.py
+++ b/onesky/client.py
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ def create_auth_variables(self):
         timestamp = str(int(time.time()))
 
         dev_hash = hashlib.md5()
-        dev_hash.update(timestamp)
-        dev_hash.update(self.api_secret)
+        dev_hash.update(timestamp.encode('utf-8'))
+        dev_hash.update(self.api_secret.encode('utf-8'))
 
         return {
             'api_key': self.api_key,
diff --git a/onesky/interactive.py b/onesky/interactive.py
index e253955..ffdd4d7 100755
--- a/onesky/interactive.py
+++ b/onesky/interactive.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import urllib
 import sys
 
-import client
+from onesky import client
 
 
 # helper to simplify the boilerplate wrapping all the API calls with command