diff --git a/js/protocol.js b/js/protocol.js
index 94ac5137b..ac4291072 100644
--- a/js/protocol.js
+++ b/js/protocol.js
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ window.textsecure.protocol = function() {
             });
         }
         if (identityKeyPair === undefined)
-            return crypto_storage.getNewStoredKeyPair("identityKey", true).then(function(keyPair) { return identityKeyCalculated(keyPair); });
+            return crypto_storage.getNewStoredKeyPair("identityKey").then(function(keyPair) { return identityKeyCalculated(keyPair); });
         else
             return identityKeyCalculated(identityKeyPair);
     }