diff --git a/client/netwrapper.py b/client/netwrapper.py
index 51c7839..dfb8219 100644
--- a/client/netwrapper.py
+++ b/client/netwrapper.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class NetWrapper:
 
     def authenticate(self, password: str):
         message = f"LIN {self.username} {password}".encode('UTF-8')
-        cipher = ChaCha20.new(self.cipherkey, get_random_bytes(12))
+        cipher = ChaCha20.new(key=self.cipherkey, nonce=get_random_bytes(12))
         ciphertext = cipher.encrypt(message)
         nonce = b64encode(cipher.nonce).decode('ASCII')
         ct = b64encode(ciphertext).decode('ASCII')
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class NetWrapper:
 
 
     def sendMessage(self, message: bytes):
-        cipher = ChaCha20.new(self.cipherkey, get_random_bytes(12))
+        cipher = ChaCha20.new(key=self.cipherkey, nonce=get_random_bytes(12))
         ciphertext = cipher.encrypt(message)
         nonce = b64encode(cipher.nonce).decode('ASCII')
         ct = b64encode(ciphertext).decode('ASCII')
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class NetWrapper:
         try:
             retnonce = b64decode(b64['nonce'])
             retciphertext = b64decode(b64['message'])
-            retcipher = ChaCha20.new(self.cipherkey, nonce=retnonce)
+            retcipher = ChaCha20.new(key=self.cipherkey, nonce=retnonce)
             plaintext = retcipher.decrypt(retciphertext)
             return plaintext
         except Exception: