diff --git a/src/sonic-config-engine/redis_bcc.py b/src/sonic-config-engine/redis_bcc.py
index 5ab59b6a69..1045e0c5c8 100644
--- a/src/sonic-config-engine/redis_bcc.py
+++ b/src/sonic-config-engine/redis_bcc.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import jinja2
 
+from base64 import b64encode, b64decode
+
 class RedisBytecodeCache(jinja2.BytecodeCache):
     """ A bytecode cache for jinja2 template that stores bytecode in Redis """
 
@@ -8,19 +10,20 @@ class RedisBytecodeCache(jinja2.BytecodeCache):
     def __init__(self, client):
         self._client = client
         try:
-            self._client.connect(self._client.STATE_DB, retry_on=False)
+            self._client.connect(self._client.LOGLEVEL_DB, retry_on=False)
         except Exception:
             self._client = None
 
     def load_bytecode(self, bucket):
         if self._client is None:
             return
-        code = self._client.get(self._client.STATE_DB, self.REDIS_HASH, bucket.key)
+        code = self._client.get(self._client.LOGLEVEL_DB, self.REDIS_HASH, bucket.key)
         if code is not None:
-            bucket.bytecode_from_string(code)
+            bucket.bytecode_from_string(b64decode(code))
 
     def dump_bytecode(self, bucket):
         if self._client is None:
             return
-        self._client.set(self._client.STATE_DB, self.REDIS_HASH, bucket.key, bucket.bytecode_to_string())
+        self._client.set(self._client.LOGLEVEL_DB, self.REDIS_HASH,
+                         bucket.key, b64encode(bucket.bytecode_to_string()))