diff --git a/src/networking/packet.js b/src/networking/packet.js
index 2a34bd2..5c2a2cb 100644
--- a/src/networking/packet.js
+++ b/src/networking/packet.js
@@ -167,10 +167,13 @@ export default class packet {
 
       const customEncryption = getCustomEncryption();
       if (customEncryption) {
-        this.buffer = await customEncryption.decrypt(
-          key,
-          nonce,
-          this.buffer.slice(12)
+        this.buffer = Buffer.from(
+          await customEncryption.decrypt(
+            key.toString('base64'),
+            nonce.toString('base64'),
+            this.buffer.slice(12).toString('base64')
+          ),
+          'base64'
         );
       } else {
         this.buffer = new JSChaCha20(key, nonce, 0).decrypt(
@@ -290,7 +293,14 @@ export default class packet {
 
       const customEncryption = getCustomEncryption();
       if (customEncryption) {
-        this.buffer = await customEncryption.encrypt(key, nonce, this.buffer);
+        this.buffer = Buffer.from(
+          await customEncryption.encrypt(
+            key.toString('base64'),
+            nonce.toString('base64'),
+            this.buffer.toString('base64')
+          ),
+          'base64'
+        );
       } else {
         this.buffer = new JSChaCha20(key, nonce, 0).encrypt(this.buffer);
       }