diff --git a/scripts/encrypt-data.js b/scripts/encrypt-data.js
index f0e759b..54aaf5d 100644
--- a/scripts/encrypt-data.js
+++ b/scripts/encrypt-data.js
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ async function main() {
 class Encrypter {
   static initialize(encryptionKey) {
     console.log(`Initializing encrypter with key: ${encryptionKey}`);
-    this.key = encryptionKey;
+    this.key = crypto.scryptSync(encryptionKey, 'salt', 32);
   }
   static encrypt(clearText) {
     const iv = crypto.randomBytes(16);
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class Encrypter {
     return decipher.update(encrypted, 'hex', 'utf8') + decipher.final('utf8');
   }
   static hash(clearText) {
-    return crypto.createHmac('sha256', this.key).update(clearText).digest('base64');
+    return crypto.createHash('sha256', this.key).update(clearText).digest('base64');
   }
 }
 Encrypter.algorithm = 'aes-256-cbc';
diff --git a/src/shared/Encrypter.ts b/src/shared/Encrypter.ts
index 5df8859..48c8c25 100644
--- a/src/shared/Encrypter.ts
+++ b/src/shared/Encrypter.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ import crypto from 'crypto';
 
 export class Encrypter {
   private static algorithm = 'aes-256-cbc';
-  private static key: string;
+  private static key: Buffer;
 
   static initialize(encryptionKey: string) {
     console.log(`Initializing encrypter with key: ${encryptionKey}`);
-    this.key = encryptionKey;
+    this.key = crypto.scryptSync(encryptionKey, 'salt', 32);
   }
 
   static encrypt(clearText: string): string {
@@ -38,6 +38,6 @@ export class Encrypter {
   }
 
   static hash(clearText: string): string {
-    return crypto.createHmac('sha256', this.key).update(clearText).digest('base64');
+    return crypto.createHash('sha256', this.key).update(clearText).digest('base64');
   }
 }
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