1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Libs/VNLib.Plugins.Essentials.Oauth/src/Applications/ApplicationStore.cs b/Libs/VNLib.Plugins.Essentials.Oauth/src/Applications/ApplicationStore.cs
index 17db978..67488f6 100644
--- a/Libs/VNLib.Plugins.Essentials.Oauth/src/Applications/ApplicationStore.cs
+++ b/Libs/VNLib.Plugins.Essentials.Oauth/src/Applications/ApplicationStore.cs
@@ -72,7 +72,11 @@ namespace VNLib.Plugins.Essentials.Oauth.Applications
         /// Generates a client application secret using the <see cref="RandomHash"/> library
         /// </summary>
         /// <returns>The RNG secret</returns>
-        public static PrivateString GenerateSecret(int secretSize = SECRET_SIZE) => (PrivateString)RandomHash.GetRandomHex(secretSize).ToLower(null)!;
+        public static PrivateString GenerateSecret(int secretSize = SECRET_SIZE)
+        {
+            string secret = RandomHash.GetRandomHex(secretSize).ToLower(null)!;
+            return PrivateString.ToPrivateString(secret, true);
+        }
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public override IDbContextHandle GetNewContext() => new UserAppContext(ConextOptions);