1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/onap/dcae/ApplicationSettings.java b/src/main/java/org/onap/dcae/ApplicationSettings.java
index ead148c4..f140def2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/onap/dcae/ApplicationSettings.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/onap/dcae/ApplicationSettings.java
@@ -90,8 +90,10 @@ public class ApplicationSettings {
     }
 
     private Map<String, String> prepareUsersMap(@Nullable String allowedUsers) {
-        return allowedUsers == null ? HashMap.empty() : List.ofAll(stream(allowedUsers.split("\\|")))
-                .toMap(t -> t.split(",")[0].trim(), t -> new String(Base64.getDecoder().decode(t.split(",")[1])).trim());
+        return allowedUsers == null ? HashMap.empty()
+                : List.of(allowedUsers.split("\\|"))
+                .map(t->t.split(","))
+                .toMap(t-> t[0].trim(), t -> t[1].trim());
     }
 
     private String findOutConfigurationFileLocation(Map<String, String> parsedArgs) {