Getting error when running from sudo and manually setting secret.

[AustinSaintAubin]

Getting error when running from sudo and manually setting secret.

root@cncjs-pi:~# node /home/pi/cncjs-pendant-boilerplate-master/bin/cncjs-pendant-boilerplate -s 'HSujksldfxxxxxxxSKJDF' --port /dev/ttyUSB0

throw typeError(MSG_INVALID_SECRET);
TypeError: secret must be a string or buffer
at typeError (/home/pi/cncjs-pendant-boilerplate-master/node_modules/jwa/index.js:16:10)
at Object.sign (/home/pi/cncjs-pendant-boilerplate-master/node_modules/jwa/index.js:32:13)
at Object.jwsSign [as sign] (/home/pi/cncjs-pendant-boilerplate-master/node_modules/jws/lib/sign-stream.js:23:24)
at Object.module.exports [as sign] (/home/pi/cncjs-pendant-boilerplate-master/node_modules/jsonwebtoken/sign.js:154:16)
at generateAccessToken (/home/pi/cncjs-pendant-boilerplate-master/index.js:10:23)
at module.exports (/home/pi/cncjs-pendant-boilerplate-master/index.js:42:19)
at createServer (/home/pi/cncjs-pendant-boilerplate-master/bin/cncjs-pendant-boilerplate:62:5)
at Object. (/home/pi/cncjs-pendant-boilerplate-master/bin/cncjs-pendant-boilerplate:156:5)
at Module._compile (module.js:573:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:584:10)