2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/handlers.rs b/src/handlers.rs
index 7135190..5110bd5 100644
--- a/src/handlers.rs
+++ b/src/handlers.rs
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ pub async fn authenticate_user(
         .expect("failed to decrypt");
 
     // decrypt c using key dec_key
-    let cipher = Aes128Cbc::new_var(&temp_key, &request.iv).unwrap();
+    let cipher = Aes128Cbc::new_var(&temp_key, &request.iv.as_bytes()).unwrap();
     let auth_plaintext = cipher
         .decrypt_vec(&base64::decode(request.c).unwrap())
         .unwrap();
diff --git a/src/schema.rs b/src/schema.rs
index af10b4d..33dc301 100644
--- a/src/schema.rs
+++ b/src/schema.rs
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ pub struct AuthRequest {
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
 pub struct InitialAuthRequest {
     pub c: String,
-    pub iv: [u8; 32],
+    pub iv: String,
     pub key: String,
 }