diff --git a/client/mcr.go b/client/mcr.go
index 4ddd754..f0f7ea8 100644
--- a/client/mcr.go
+++ b/client/mcr.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 */
 
 type Client struct {
-	cli *mcr.Client
+	cli mcr.Client
 }
 
 type IClient interface {
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ type IClient interface {
 // creates a new mcr client using saved credentials and decrypted password
 func New() (*Client, error) {
 	//grab saved credentials
-	server := viper.Get("server").(string)
-	password := viper.Get("password").(string)
-	port := viper.Get("port").(int)
+	server := viper.GetString("server")
+	password := viper.GetString("password")
+	port := viper.GetInt("port")
 	fmt.Printf("Logging into %s on port %d\n", server, port)
 
 	//decrypt password
diff --git a/cmd/login.go b/cmd/login.go
index 84e22f9..d8cabfc 100644
--- a/cmd/login.go
+++ b/cmd/login.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ var loginCmd = &cobra.Command{
 			sending commands to server and printing the response.`,
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		//grab saved credentials
-		server := viper.Get("server").(string)
+		server := viper.GetString("server")
 		cli, err := client.New()
 		cobra.CheckErr(err)
 		defer cli.Close()
diff --git a/cryptography/aes.go b/cryptography/aes.go
index d5f8012..281a000 100644
--- a/cryptography/aes.go
+++ b/cryptography/aes.go
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 func EncryptPassword(b []byte) ([]byte, error) {
-	nonce := viper.Get("nonce").(string)
-	dev := viper.Get("device").(string)
+	nonce := viper.GetString("nonce")
+	dev := viper.GetString("device")
 
 	block, err := aes.NewCipher([]byte(dev))
 	if err != nil {
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ func EncryptPassword(b []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 }
 
 func DecryptPassword(b []byte) (string, error) {
-	nonce := viper.Get("nonce").(string)
-	password := viper.Get("password").(string)
-	dev := viper.Get("device").(string)
+	nonce := viper.GetString("nonce")
+	password := viper.GetString("password")
+	dev := viper.GetString("device")
 
 	block, err := aes.NewCipher([]byte(dev))
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d1e9163..8dd253a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module code.jakeyoungdev.com/jake/mctl
 go 1.24.2
 
 require (
-	github.com/jake-young-dev/mcr v1.3.1
+	github.com/jake-young-dev/mcr v1.3.3-0.20250531035550-4d1e822a867f
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.9.1
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.20.1
 	golang.org/x/term v0.31.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a84a88c..c5a26c3 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 h1:wN+x4NVGpMsO7ErUn/mUI3vEoE6Jt13X2
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=
 github.com/jake-young-dev/mcr v1.3.1 h1:ELJsrJHwQsMiM09o+q8auUaiGXXX3DWIgh/TfZQc0B0=
 github.com/jake-young-dev/mcr v1.3.1/go.mod h1:74yZHGf9h3tLUDUpInA17grKLrNp9lVesWvisCFCXKY=
+github.com/jake-young-dev/mcr v1.3.3-0.20250531035550-4d1e822a867f h1:G0G+K+dtO63jByfA7XDxvP8dCTET5C+CRbJjFCysXwM=
+github.com/jake-young-dev/mcr v1.3.3-0.20250531035550-4d1e822a867f/go.mod h1:74yZHGf9h3tLUDUpInA17grKLrNp9lVesWvisCFCXKY=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 h1:flRD4NNwYAUpkphVc1HcthR4KEIFJ65n8Mw5qdRn3LE=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1/go.mod h1:hoEshYVHaxMs3cyo3Yncou5ZscifuDolrwPKZanG3xk=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=