diff --git a/wg-event-gen/src/controller.rs b/wg-event-gen/src/controller.rs
index fdb6d88..e7d1c6f 100644
--- a/wg-event-gen/src/controller.rs
+++ b/wg-event-gen/src/controller.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use crate::model::{
-    Base64Backed, ECCKey, Interface, Peer, PeerBuilder, SharedKey, WireguardController,
+    ECCKey, HexBackend, Interface, Peer, PeerBuilder, SharedKey, WireguardController,
 };
 use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader, Error, ErrorKind, Result, Write};
 use std::net::{IpAddr, SocketAddr};
@@ -53,13 +53,13 @@ impl WireguardController for Userspace {
                     build_peer(&mut peer, builder); //TODO: handle possible actual error case
                 }
                 "public_key" => {
-                    add_key(&mut peer, parse_err(ECCKey::from_base64(value))?)?;
+                    add_key(&mut peer, parse_err(ECCKey::from_hex(value))?)?;
                 }
                 "private_key" => {
-                    add_key(&mut peer, ECCKey::from_base64(value)?)?;
+                    add_key(&mut peer, ECCKey::from_hex(value)?)?;
                 }
                 "preshared_key" => {
-                    builder.shared_key(Some(SharedKey::from_base64(value)?));
+                    builder.shared_key(Some(SharedKey::from_hex(value)?));
                 }
                 "endpoint" => {
                     builder.endpoint(Some(parse_err(value.parse::<SocketAddr>())?));