diff --git a/django_code/website_redirection/apps.py b/django_code/website_redirection/apps.py
index 7c33736..ccbc808 100644
--- a/django_code/website_redirection/apps.py
+++ b/django_code/website_redirection/apps.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import redis
 from django.http import HttpResponse
+from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
 from django.shortcuts import render
-from django.shortcuts import redirect
 
 r = redis.Redis(
     host='django-redis-svc',
@@ -36,6 +36,6 @@ def display_key(request,key):
 def redirect_to_key(request,key):
     value = r.get(key)
     print(value)
-    value_extracted = str(value.decode())
+    value_extracted = str(value.decode('utf-8'))
     print(value_extracted)
-    return redirect(str(value_extracted))
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+    return HttpResponseRedirect(value_extracted)
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