diff --git a/src/test/test.py b/src/test/test.py
index 2675e66..c0e75e0 100644
--- a/src/test/test.py
+++ b/src/test/test.py
@@ -182,8 +182,9 @@ def test_our_config_token():
     nv_response_certificate_configuration = NV_CONFIG_TOKEN_RESPONSE.get('certificateConfiguration')
     nv_response_public_cert = nv_response_certificate_configuration.get('publicCert').encode('utf-8')
     nv_response_parsed_cert = x509.load_pem_x509_certificate(nv_response_public_cert)
-    jwt_decode_key = jwk.construct(nv_response_parsed_cert.public_bytes(encoding=Encoding.PEM),
-                                   algorithm=ALGORITHMS.RS256)
+
+    nv_response_parsed_cert_as_pem = nv_response_parsed_cert.public_bytes(encoding=Encoding.PEM)
+    jwt_decode_key = jwk.construct(nv_response_parsed_cert_as_pem, algorithm=ALGORITHMS.RS256)
 
     ### build payload