Satellizer Facebook Login 'Wrong Number of Segments error' LARAVEL - laravel-5

Question

I have been playing with JWT Tokens lately, using Firebase\JWT and Satelizer.
I have been trying to integrate with laravel-angular project I have been working on.
Here is the sample code from Satelizers.io for facebook login: (https://github.com/sahat/satellizer/blob/master/examples/server/php/app/Http/Controllers/AuthController.php)
/**
* Login with Facebook.
*/
public function facebook(Request $request)
{
$client = new GuzzleHttp\Client();
$params = [
'code' => $request->input('code'),
'client_id' => $request->input('clientId'),
'redirect_uri' => $request->input('redirectUri'),
'client_secret' => Config::get('app.facebook_secret')
];
// Step 1. Exchange authorization code for access token.
$accessTokenResponse = $client->request('GET', 'https://graph.facebook.com/v2.5/oauth/access_token', [
'query' => $params
]);
$accessToken = json_decode($accessTokenResponse->getBody(), true);
// Step 2. Retrieve profile information about the current user.
$fields = 'id,email,first_name,last_name,link,name';
$profileResponse = $client->request('GET', 'https://graph.facebook.com/v2.5/me', [
'query' => [
'access_token' => $accessToken['access_token'],
'fields' => $fields
]
]);
$profile = json_decode($profileResponse->getBody(), true);
// Step 3a. If user is already signed in then link accounts.
if ($request->header('Authorization'))
{
$user = User::where('facebook', '=', $profile['id']);
if ($user->first())
{
return response()->json(['message' => 'There is already a Facebook account that belongs to you'], 409);
}
$token = explode(' ', $request->header('Authorization'))[1];
$payload = (array) JWT::decode($token, Config::get('app.token_secret'), array('HS256')); // STUCK HERE
$user = User::find($payload['sub']);
$user->facebook = $profile['id'];
$user->email = $user->email ?: $profile['email'];
$user->displayName = $user->displayName ?: $profile['name'];
$user->save();
return response()->json(['token' => $this->createToken($user)]);
}
// Step 3b. Create a new user account or return an existing one.
else
{
$user = User::where('facebook', '=', $profile['id']);
if ($user->first())
{
return response()->json(['token' => $this->createToken($user->first())]);
}
$user = new User;
$user->facebook = $profile['id'];
$user->email = $profile['email'];
$user->displayName = $profile['name'];
$user->save();
return response()->json(['token' => $this->createToken($user)]);
}
}
I am able to get the Facebook profile inforamtion, but I keep getting stuck on this line:
$payload = (array) JWT::decode($token, Config::get('app.token_secret'), array('HS256')); // STUCK HERE
It is throwing a 'Wrong number of segments' error when trying to read the taken set by satelizer.
I have inspected the token and it does not follow the typical JWT format. (there are no 'dots' in the token)
Has anyone expereinced this before? How do I go about solving this issue?
Thanks,
Matt