diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f5607f7d4..8fe93ff16 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
         "cljs:report": "clojure -M:cljs run shadow.cljs.build-report app report.html"
     },
     "dependencies": {
+        "bip39": "^3.0.3",
         "codemirror": "^5.58.1",
         "diff": "^4.0.2",
         "fuzzysort": "^1.1.4",
diff --git a/src/main/frontend/fs.cljs b/src/main/frontend/fs.cljs
index 16e46ee6f..0904f940a 100644
--- a/src/main/frontend/fs.cljs
+++ b/src/main/frontend/fs.cljs
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
             [lambdaisland.glogi :as log]
             ["/frontend/utils" :as utils]
             ["tweetnacl" :as nacl]
-            ["tweetnacl-util" :as nacl-util]))
+            ["tweetnacl-util" :as nacl-util]
+            ["bip39" :as bip39]))
 
 ;; We need to cache the file handles in the memory so that
 ;; the browser will not keep asking permissions.
@@ -125,7 +126,9 @@
     :else
     (js/window.workerThread.rimraf dir)))
 
-(defonce secret "IRwamok0gbumjx41O0z83V/nzcqrac5vML6P62zS23c=")
+;; (println (bip39/generateMnemonic 256))
+;; (defonce secret "IRwamok0gbumjx41O0z83V/nzcqrac5vML6P62zS23c=")
+(defonce secret (bip39/mnemonicToSeedSync "canal this pluck bar elite tape olive toilet cry surprise dish rival wrist tragic click honey solar kangaroo cook cabin replace harvest horse wrong"))
 
 (defn new-nonce
   []
@@ -134,10 +137,9 @@
 (defn encrypt
   [key content]
   (when key
-    (let [key-decoded (nacl-util/decodeBase64 key)
-          nonce (new-nonce)
+    (let [nonce (new-nonce)
           content-decoded (nacl-util/decodeUTF8 content)
-          box (nacl/secretbox content-decoded nonce key-decoded)
+          box (nacl/secretbox content-decoded nonce key)
           full-message (new js/Uint8Array (+ nonce.length box.length))]
       (js/console.log "nonce" (nacl-util/encodeBase64 nonce))
       (js/console.log "box" (nacl-util/encodeBase64 box))
@@ -148,11 +150,10 @@
 (defn decrypt
   [key content-with-nonce]
   (when key
-    (let [key-decoded (nacl-util/decodeBase64 key)
-          content-with-nonce-decoded (nacl-util/decodeBase64 content-with-nonce)
+    (let [content-with-nonce-decoded (nacl-util/decodeBase64 content-with-nonce)
           nonce (.slice content-with-nonce-decoded 0 nacl/secretbox.nonceLength)
           content (.slice content-with-nonce-decoded nacl/secretbox.nonceLength content-with-nonce.length)
-          decrypted (nacl-util/encodeUTF8 (nacl/secretbox.open content nonce key-decoded))]
+          decrypted (nacl-util/encodeUTF8 (nacl/secretbox.open content nonce key))]
       (println "decrypted" decrypted)
       decrypted)))
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 480f8105b..529a541bd 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -303,6 +303,11 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-14.14.13.tgz#9e425079799322113ae8477297ae6ef51b8e0cdf"
   integrity sha512-vbxr0VZ8exFMMAjCW8rJwaya0dMCDyYW2ZRdTyjtrCvJoENMpdUHOT/eTzvgyA5ZnqRZ/sI0NwqAxNHKYokLJQ==
 
+"@types/node@11.11.6":
+  version "11.11.6"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-11.11.6.tgz#df929d1bb2eee5afdda598a41930fe50b43eaa6a"
+  integrity sha512-Exw4yUWMBXM3X+8oqzJNRqZSwUAaS4+7NdvHqQuFi/d+synz++xmX3QIf+BFqneW8N31R8Ky+sikfZUXq07ggQ==
+
 "@types/normalize-package-data@^2.4.0":
   version "2.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/normalize-package-data/-/normalize-package-data-2.4.0.tgz#e486d0d97396d79beedd0a6e33f4534ff6b4973e"
@@ -727,6 +732,16 @@ bindings@^1.5.0:
   dependencies:
     file-uri-to-path "1.0.0"
 
+bip39@^3.0.3:
+  version "3.0.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bip39/-/bip39-3.0.3.tgz#4a8b79067d6ed2e74f9199ac994a2ab61b176760"
+  integrity sha512-P0dKrz4g0V0BjXfx7d9QNkJ/Txcz/k+hM9TnjqjUaXtuOfAvxXSw2rJw8DX0e3ZPwnK/IgDxoRqf0bvoVCqbMg==
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/node" "11.11.6"
+    create-hash "^1.1.0"
+    pbkdf2 "^3.0.9"
+    randombytes "^2.0.1"
+
 bn.js@^4.0.0, bn.js@^4.1.0, bn.js@^4.4.0:
   version "4.11.9"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bn.js/-/bn.js-4.11.9.tgz#26d556829458f9d1e81fc48952493d0ba3507828"
@@ -4152,7 +4167,7 @@ path-type@^4.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/path-type/-/path-type-4.0.0.tgz#84ed01c0a7ba380afe09d90a8c180dcd9d03043b"
   integrity sha512-gDKb8aZMDeD/tZWs9P6+q0J9Mwkdl6xMV8TjnGP3qJVJ06bdMgkbBlLU8IdfOsIsFz2BW1rNVT3XuNEl8zPAvw==
 
-pbkdf2@^3.0.3:
+pbkdf2@^3.0.3, pbkdf2@^3.0.9:
   version "3.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pbkdf2/-/pbkdf2-3.1.1.tgz#cb8724b0fada984596856d1a6ebafd3584654b94"
   integrity sha512-4Ejy1OPxi9f2tt1rRV7Go7zmfDQ+ZectEQz3VGUQhgq62HtIRPDyG/JtnwIxs6x3uNMwo2V7q1fMvKjb+Tnpqg==