diff --git a/SessionMessagingKit/Database/Storage+Shared.swift b/SessionMessagingKit/Database/Storage+Shared.swift
index 0f22ad986..1a81fccba 100644
--- a/SessionMessagingKit/Database/Storage+Shared.swift
+++ b/SessionMessagingKit/Database/Storage+Shared.swift
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ extension Storage {
     }
 
     public func getUserPublicKey() -> String? {
-        return OWSIdentityManager.shared().identityKeyPair()?.publicKey.toHexString()
+        return OWSIdentityManager.shared().identityKeyPair()?.hexEncodedPublicKey
     }
 
     public func getUserKeyPair() -> ECKeyPair? {