diff --git a/modified_time.txt b/modified_time.txt
index 834684d96d143ddfd03aae0c33ce54b40d99dc10..e3dc995e2617ff179c9f8daf391c9dac294f3221 100644
--- a/modified_time.txt
+++ b/modified_time.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2023-08-23 14:20:17
\ No newline at end of file
+2023-08-24 14:42:05
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/supr_ldap_krb.py b/supr_ldap_krb.py
index aa6266facc3ad1b1da2ce649f7635a00f83c7081..9f7f3e9e7ed80fa04b1458867e7036d623599f62 100644
--- a/supr_ldap_krb.py
+++ b/supr_ldap_krb.py
@@ -259,31 +259,31 @@ class SUPR_LDAP:
         """Return a Person Attributes dictionary"""
 
         attrsPerson                     = {}
-        attrsPerson['objectclass']      = ['Swestore', 'inetorgperson', 'posixaccount']
-        attrsPerson['description']      = str(m.id)
+        attrsPerson['objectclass']      = [('Swestore').encode('utf-8'), ('inetorgperson').encode('utf-8'), ('posixaccount').encode('utf-8')]
+        attrsPerson['description']      = str(m.id).encode('utf-8')
         attrsPerson['uidNumber']        = uidNumber
         attrsPerson['gidNumber']        = uidNumber
-        attrsPerson['gn']               = str((m.first_name).encode('utf-8'))
-        attrsPerson['sn']               = str((m.last_name).encode('utf-8'))
-        attrsPerson['cn']               = str((m.first_name + " " + m.last_name).encode('utf-8'))
-        attrsPerson['mail']             = str((m.email).encode('utf-8'))
-        attrsPerson['subject']          = str((m.subject).encode('utf-8'))
-        attrsPerson['lastModifiedTime'] = str(m.modified)
-        attrsPerson['homeDirectory']    = "/"
+        attrsPerson['gn']               = (m.first_name).encode('utf-8')
+        attrsPerson['sn']               = (m.last_name).encode('utf-8')
+        attrsPerson['cn']               = (m.first_name + " " + m.last_name).encode('utf-8')
+        attrsPerson['mail']             = (m.email).encode('utf-8')
+        attrsPerson['subject']          = (m.subject).encode('utf-8')
+        attrsPerson['lastModifiedTime'] = (m.modified).encode('utf-8')
+        attrsPerson['homeDirectory']    = ("/").encode('utf-8')
 
         # Will be updated to the correct yubikey value once yubikey is
         # integrated into SUPR (Not needed as of now)
-        attrsPerson['yubikey'] = "yubikey"
+        attrsPerson['yubikey'] = ("yubikey").encode('utf-8')
 
         # Need to check if centre_person_id comes from SUPR. If it clashes
         # with other UIDs then an alert mail needs to be sent to Admin about
         # the same.
         if m.centre_person_id:
-            attrsPerson['uid'] = str(m.centre_person_id)
+            attrsPerson['uid'] = str(m.centre_person_id).encode('utf-8')
         else:
-            attrsPerson['uid'] = self.getUID(m)
+            attrsPerson['uid'] = str(self.getUID(m)).encode('utf-8')
 
-        attrsPerson = {key:[v.encode("utf-8") if type(v) == str else v for v in values] for key, values in attrsPerson.items()}
+        #attrsPerson = {key:[v.encode("utf-8") if type(v) == str else v for v in values] for key, values in attrsPerson.items()}
 
         return attrsPerson
 
@@ -489,8 +489,12 @@ class SUPR_LDAP:
 
                     attrsPerson = self.createPersonAttrs(m, uidNumber)
 
+                    self.logger.info("updateDeletePerson attrsPerson -- " + str(attrsPerson))
+
                     personDN = "uid=" + str(attrsPerson['uid']) + "," + settings.peopleDN
 
+                    self.logger.info("updateDeletePerson personDN -- " + str(personDN))
+
                     if(result_data and self.personChanged(result_data, attrsPerson)):
                         self.l.delete_s(personDN)
                         ldif = modlist.addModlist(attrsPerson)