diff --git a/scratchcommunication/security.py b/scratchcommunication/security.py
index 6b0d63a..f8373b0 100644
--- a/scratchcommunication/security.py
+++ b/scratchcommunication/security.py
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class SymmetricEncryption:
   
   def __init__(self, key : int, hashed_key : bytes = None) -> None:
     self.key = key
-    self.hashed_key = hashlib.sha256(bytes(str(key), "utf-8")[-60:]).digest()[:16]
+    self.hashed_key = hashlib.sha256(bytes(str(key), "utf-8")[-53:]).digest()[:16]
   
   def encrypt(self, data : str, salt : int) -> str:
     seed = random.randrange(1000, 9999)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3c0e406..e65484f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='scratchcommunication',
-    version='2.2.7',
+    version='2.2.8',
     author='Simon Gilde',
     author_email='simon.c.gilde@gmail.com',
     description='A python module for communicating with scratch projects',