From 852ca3ab1a036311a0e586d094519e34b3848698 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jake <jake.young.dev@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2025 16:25:45 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] [fix] key length

- uuid is too long for encryption key
---
 README.md     | 2 +-
 cmd/config.go | 7 ++++---
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cfb39f4..d189e44 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ mctl is a terminal-friendly remote connection client
 ## Installation
 Install mctl using golang
 ```bash
-go install code.jakeyoungdev.com/jake/mctl@master #it is recommended to use a tagged version to prevent pulling unwanted changes
+go install code.jakeyoungdev.com/jake/mctl@main #it is recommended to use a tagged version to prevent pulling unwanted changes
 ```
 
 ## Setup
diff --git a/cmd/config.go b/cmd/config.go
index 4c3d7e9..dc1f8b3 100644
--- a/cmd/config.go
+++ b/cmd/config.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"os"
 
-	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 	"golang.org/x/term"
@@ -87,9 +86,11 @@ func initConfig() {
 		viper.Set("nonce", "")
 
 		//generate a uuid to be used as encryption key
-		uu := uuid.New()
-		viper.Set("device", uu.String())
+		uu := make([]byte, 32)
+		_, err := rand.Read(uu)
+		cobra.CheckErr(err)
 
+		viper.Set("device", string(uu))
 		viper.SafeWriteConfig()
 	}
 }