diff --git a/src/lib/encryption.ts b/src/lib/encryption.ts
index f36568b..635b457 100644
--- a/src/lib/encryption.ts
+++ b/src/lib/encryption.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { createCipheriv, createDecipheriv, scrypt, randomBytes } from "node:crypto";
 
-const KEY = ((await scryptAsync(process.env.ENCRYPTION_KEY, 32)) as Buffer).toString("hex");
+const KEY = (await scryptAsync(process.env.ENCRYPTION_KEY, 32)) as Buffer;
 
 function scryptAsync(password: string, length: number) {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {