diff --git a/src/pages/credentials/index.tsx b/src/pages/credentials/index.tsx
index 6d2811c61..acb14a441 100644
--- a/src/pages/credentials/index.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/credentials/index.tsx
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export default function Credentials() {
             const kek = await libsodium.deriveKey(await libsodium.fromString(passphrase),
                 await libsodium.fromB64(keyAttributes.kekSalt));
 
-            if (await cryptoWorker.verifyHash(await libsodium.fromB64(keyAttributes.kekHash), kek)) {
+            if (await cryptoWorker.verifyHash(keyAttributes.kekHash, kek)) {
                 const key = await libsodium.decrypt(
                     await libsodium.fromB64(keyAttributes.encryptedKey),
                     await libsodium.fromB64(keyAttributes.keyDecryptionNonce),
diff --git a/src/utils/crypto/libsodium.ts b/src/utils/crypto/libsodium.ts
index 0e4235b4a..37d767d40 100644
--- a/src/utils/crypto/libsodium.ts
+++ b/src/utils/crypto/libsodium.ts
@@ -44,11 +44,9 @@ export async function decrypt(data: Uint8Array, nonce: Uint8Array, key: Uint8Arr
     return sodium.crypto_secretbox_open_easy(data, nonce, key);
 }
 
-export async function verifyHash(hash: Uint8Array, input: Uint8Array) {
+export async function verifyHash(hash: string, input: Uint8Array) {
     await sodium.ready;
-    return sodium.crypto_pwhash_str_verify(
-        sodium.to_string(hash),
-        input);
+    return sodium.crypto_pwhash_str_verify(hash, input);
 }
 
 export async function hash(input: string | Uint8Array) {