diff --git a/generator.cpp b/generator.cpp
index b3a84f3..a9d774c 100644
--- a/generator.cpp
+++ b/generator.cpp
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ auto Generator::reseed(const std::string& s) -> void {
 
 	try {
 		std::string a{fortuna::Util::do_sha(da_key + s)};
-		std::memmove(G.k, a.c_str(), G.k_length);
+		std::memmove(G.k, fortuna::Util::de_hex(a).c_str(), G.k_length);
 		++G.ctr;
 		fmt::print("[i] generator: reseeded\n");
 	}
@@ -196,15 +196,7 @@ auto Generator::generate_random_data(const unsigned int& n) -> std::string {
 	try {
 		std::string nu_G_k{generate_blocks(2)};
 		// fmt::print("nu_G_k: {}\n", nu_G_k); // debugging
-		std::string dst;
-		CryptoPP::HexDecoder decoder;
-
-		decoder.Put(reinterpret_cast<CryptoPP::byte*>(nu_G_k.data()),
-					nu_G_k.size());
-		decoder.MessageEnd();
-		dst.resize(G.k_length);
-		decoder.Get(reinterpret_cast<CryptoPP::byte*>(&dst[0]), dst.size());
-
+		std::string dst{fortuna::Util::de_hex(nu_G_k)};
 
 		nu_G_k.clear();