From 4431c33162d92cb89147b332e224cbba17fbf698 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jarrett Cruger <jcrugzz@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2016 16:38:48 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] [fix] handle buffers so we dont get ambiguous errors when we
 dont strictly read the file as utf8

---
 lib/nconf/stores/file.js | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/nconf/stores/file.js b/lib/nconf/stores/file.js
index 5761b0a..0aef8e6 100644
--- a/lib/nconf/stores/file.js
+++ b/lib/nconf/stores/file.js
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ var File = exports.File = function (options) {
     || 2;
 
   if (this.secure) {
-    this.secure = typeof this.secure === 'string'
-      ? { secret: this.secure }
+    this.secure = Buffer.isBuffer(this.secure) || typeof this.secure === 'string'
+      ? { secret: this.secure.toString() }
       : this.secure;
 
     this.secure.alg = this.secure.alg || 'aes-256-ctr';