From 14c3bdaa577abe0663b3aa07ed94b7ed8ffa57c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ed Holland <edward.holland@amplyfigroup.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2019 18:27:17 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix key error

---
 datasketch/storage.py | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/datasketch/storage.py b/datasketch/storage.py
index 92e610c1..38c44ade 100644
--- a/datasketch/storage.py
+++ b/datasketch/storage.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     from pynamodb.connection.util import pythonic
     from pynamodb.attributes import UnicodeAttribute, BinaryAttribute
     import ulid
+    ddb = True
 except ImportError:
     ddb = None
     
@@ -523,8 +524,8 @@ def has_key(self, key):
             return True
 
     def make_safe_table_name(name):
-        return name.decode('utf-8').replace('\\', '')
-
+        return str(name)[2:-1].replace('\\', '')
+    
     class DDBSetStorage(UnorderedStorage, DDBListStorage):
         def __init__(self, config, name = None):
             self.name = name