diff --git a/components/home.js b/components/home.js
index b7156d9..799f845 100644
--- a/components/home.js
+++ b/components/home.js
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ import {
   ScrollView
 } from 'react-native'
 import { LocalDate, ChronoUnit } from 'js-joda'
+import nodejs from 'nodejs-mobile-react-native'
 import styles from '../styles/index'
 import cycleModule from '../lib/cycle'
-import { requestHash, getOrCreateCycleDay, getBleedingDaysSortedByDate, fillWithMucusDummyData, fillWithCervixDummyData, deleteAll } from '../db'
+import { requestHash, getOrCreateCycleDay, getBleedingDaysSortedByDate, fillWithMucusDummyData, fillWithCervixDummyData, deleteAll, encryptAndRestartApp } from '../db'
 import {bleedingPrediction as labels} from './labels'
 
 export default class Home extends Component {
@@ -34,10 +35,31 @@ export default class Home extends Component {
     })(this)
 
     getBleedingDaysSortedByDate().addListener(this.setStateWithCurrentText)
+
+    this.startEncryption = async (msg) => {
+      msg = JSON.parse(msg)
+      if (msg.type === 'sha512') {
+        const hash = msg.message
+        const key = new Uint8Array(64)
+        for (let i = 0; i < key.length; i++) {
+          const twoDigitHex = hash.slice(i * 2, i * 2 + 2)
+          key[i] = parseInt(twoDigitHex, 16)
+        }
+        encryptAndRestartApp(key)
+      }
+    }
+
+    nodejs.start('main.js')
+    nodejs.channel.addListener(
+      'message',
+      this.startEncryption,
+      this
+    )
   }
 
   componentWillUnmount() {
     getBleedingDaysSortedByDate().removeListener(this.setStateWithCurrentText)
+    nodejs.channel.removeListener('message', this.startEncryption)
   }
 
   passTodayToDayView() {
diff --git a/components/password-prompt.js b/components/password-prompt.js
index 5ecc5cb..f3dcc97 100644
--- a/components/password-prompt.js
+++ b/components/password-prompt.js
@@ -20,30 +20,37 @@ export default class PasswordPrompt extends Component {
         this.setState({showApp: true})
       }
     })
+
+    this.tryToOpenDb = async (msg) => {
+      msg = JSON.parse(msg)
+      if (msg.type === 'sha512') {
+        const hash = msg.message
+        const key = new Uint8Array(64)
+        for (let i = 0; i < key.length; i++) {
+          const twoDigitHex = hash.slice(i * 2, i * 2 + 2)
+          key[i] = parseInt(twoDigitHex, 16)
+        }
+        try {
+          await openDbConnection(key)
+        } catch (err) {
+          console.log(err)
+          this.setState({ wrongPassword: true })
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
     nodejs.start('main.js')
     nodejs.channel.addListener(
       'message',
-      async msg => {
-        msg = JSON.parse(msg)
-        if (msg.type === 'sha512') {
-          const hash = msg.message
-          const key = new Uint8Array(64)
-          for (let i = 0; i < key.length; i++) {
-            const twoDigitHex = hash.slice(i * 2, i * 2 + 2)
-            key[i] = parseInt(twoDigitHex, 16)
-          }
-          try {
-            await openDbConnection(key)
-          } catch(err) {
-            console.log(err)
-            this.setState({wrongPassword: true})
-          }
-        }
-      },
+      this.tryToOpenDb,
       this
     )
   }
 
+  componentWillUnmount() {
+    nodejs.channel.removeListener('message', this.tryToOpenDb)
+  }
+
   render() {
     return (
       <View style={{ flex: 1 }}>
diff --git a/db/index.js b/db/index.js
index d68d46b..74a7852 100644
--- a/db/index.js
+++ b/db/index.js
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ function requestHash(pw) {
   }))
 }
 
-async function encrypt(hash) {
+async function encryptAndRestartApp(key) {
   const oldPath = db.path
   const dir = db.path.split('/')
   dir.pop()
@@ -185,11 +185,6 @@ async function encrypt(hash) {
   db.writeCopyTo(copyPath)
   db.close()
   await fs.unlink(oldPath)
-  const key = new Array(64).map((_, i) => {
-    let code = hash.charCodeAt(i)
-    if (isNaN(code)) code = 0
-    return code
-  })
   realmConfig.encryptionKey = key
   db = new Realm(realmConfig)
   await saveEncryptionFlag(true)
@@ -212,5 +207,5 @@ export {
   tryToImportWithDelete,
   tryToImportWithoutDelete,
   requestHash,
-  encrypt
+  encryptAndRestartApp
 }