diff --git a/preload.js b/preload.js
index 6904d80ab..d300801b9 100644
--- a/preload.js
+++ b/preload.js
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ window.getServerTrustRoot = () => config.serverTrustRoot;
 window.JobQueue = JobQueue;
 window.isBehindProxy = () => Boolean(config.proxyUrl);
 
-window.getStoragePubKey = key => (window.isDev() ? key.substring(0, key.length - 2) : key);
+window.getStoragePubKey = key => (window.isDev() ? key.substring(2) : key);
 
 window.getDefaultFileServer = () => config.defaultFileServer;
 window.initialisedAPI = false;
diff --git a/ts/session/utils/syncUtils.ts b/ts/session/utils/syncUtils.ts
index c1690aef5..208ae63ba 100644
--- a/ts/session/utils/syncUtils.ts
+++ b/ts/session/utils/syncUtils.ts
@@ -174,7 +174,6 @@ export const forceNetworkDeletion = async (): Promise<Array<string> | null> => {
             timestamp,
             signature: signatureBase64,
           };
-
           const ret = await snodeRpc(
             'delete_all',
             deleteMessageParams,