diff --git a/js/modules/loki_app_dot_net_api.js b/js/modules/loki_app_dot_net_api.js
index a7a17763f..1cc177847 100644
--- a/js/modules/loki_app_dot_net_api.js
+++ b/js/modules/loki_app_dot_net_api.js
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ const sendToProxy = async (
   payloadObj.body = false; // free memory
 
   // make temporary key for this request/response
-  const ephemeralKey = libsignal.Curve.generateKeyPair();
+  const ephemeralKey = await libsignal.Curve.async.generateKeyPair();
 
   // mix server pub key with our priv key
   const symKey = libsignal.Curve.calculateAgreement(
diff --git a/js/modules/loki_rpc.js b/js/modules/loki_rpc.js
index 0734428bd..85425385a 100644
--- a/js/modules/loki_rpc.js
+++ b/js/modules/loki_rpc.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const encryptForNode = async (node, payload) => {
   const textEncoder = new TextEncoder();
   const plaintext = textEncoder.encode(payload);
 
-  const ephemeral = libloki.crypto.generateEphemeralKeyPair();
+  const ephemeral = await libloki.crypto.generateEphemeralKeyPair();
 
   const snPubkey = StringView.hexToArrayBuffer(node.pubkey_x25519);
 
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ const sendToProxy = async (options = {}, targetNode, retryNumber = 0) => {
 
   const snPubkeyHex = StringView.hexToArrayBuffer(targetNode.pubkey_x25519);
 
-  const myKeys = window.libloki.crypto.generateEphemeralKeyPair();
+  const myKeys = await window.libloki.crypto.generateEphemeralKeyPair();
 
   const symmetricKey = libsignal.Curve.calculateAgreement(
     snPubkeyHex,
diff --git a/libloki/crypto.js b/libloki/crypto.js
index 23a7f68c7..dabe9cb7b 100644
--- a/libloki/crypto.js
+++ b/libloki/crypto.js
@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@
     return Multibase.decode(`${base32zCode}${snodeAddressClean}`);
   }
 
-  function generateEphemeralKeyPair() {
-    const keys = libsignal.Curve.generateKeyPair();
+  async function generateEphemeralKeyPair() {
+    const keys = await libsignal.Curve.async.generateKeyPair();
     // Signal protocol prepends with "0x05"
     keys.pubKey = keys.pubKey.slice(1);
     return keys;