diff --git a/keyserver/src/keyserver.js b/keyserver/src/keyserver.js
index 128a4af7c..9d1f9b2eb 100644
--- a/keyserver/src/keyserver.js
+++ b/keyserver/src/keyserver.js
@@ -1,219 +1,220 @@
 // @flow
 
 import olm from '@commapp/olm';
 import cluster from 'cluster';
 import cookieParser from 'cookie-parser';
+import crypto from 'crypto';
 import express from 'express';
 import expressWs from 'express-ws';
 import os from 'os';
 import qrcode from 'qrcode';
 
 import './cron/cron.js';
 import { qrCodeLinkURL } from 'lib/facts/links.js';
 
 import { migrate } from './database/migrations.js';
 import { jsonEndpoints } from './endpoints.js';
 import { emailSubscriptionResponder } from './responders/comm-landing-responders.js';
 import {
   jsonHandler,
   downloadHandler,
   handleAsyncPromise,
   htmlHandler,
   uploadHandler,
 } from './responders/handlers.js';
 import landingHandler from './responders/landing-handler.js';
 import { errorReportDownloadResponder } from './responders/report-responders.js';
 import {
   inviteResponder,
   websiteResponder,
 } from './responders/website-responders.js';
 import { webWorkerResponder } from './responders/webworker-responders.js';
 import { onConnection } from './socket/socket.js';
 import { createAndMaintainTunnelbrokerWebsocket } from './socket/tunnelbroker.js';
 import {
   multerProcessor,
   multimediaUploadResponder,
   uploadDownloadResponder,
 } from './uploads/uploads.js';
 import { verifyUserLoggedIn } from './user/login.js';
 import { initENSCache } from './utils/ens-cache.js';
 import {
   prefetchAllURLFacts,
   getSquadCalURLFacts,
   getLandingURLFacts,
   getCommAppURLFacts,
 } from './utils/urls.js';
 
 const shouldDisplayQRCodeInTerminal = false;
 
 (async () => {
   await Promise.all([olm.init(), prefetchAllURLFacts(), initENSCache()]);
 
   const squadCalBaseRoutePath = getSquadCalURLFacts()?.baseRoutePath;
   const landingBaseRoutePath = getLandingURLFacts()?.baseRoutePath;
   const commAppBaseRoutePath = getCommAppURLFacts()?.baseRoutePath;
 
   const compiledFolderOptions =
     process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development'
       ? undefined
       : { maxAge: '1y', immutable: true };
 
   if (cluster.isMaster) {
     const didMigrationsSucceed: boolean = await migrate();
     if (!didMigrationsSucceed) {
       // The following line uses exit code 2 to ensure nodemon exits
       // in a dev environment, instead of restarting. Context provided
       // in https://github.com/remy/nodemon/issues/751
       process.exit(2);
     }
 
     // Allow login to be optional until staging environment is available
     try {
       // We await here to ensure that the keyserver has been provisioned a
       // commServicesAccessToken. In the future, this will be necessary for
       // many keyserver operations.
       const identityInfo = await verifyUserLoggedIn();
       // We don't await here, as Tunnelbroker communication is not needed for
       // normal keyserver behavior yet. In addition, this doesn't return
       // information useful for other keyserver functions.
       handleAsyncPromise(createAndMaintainTunnelbrokerWebsocket(identityInfo));
     } catch (e) {
       console.warn('failed_identity_login');
     }
 
     if (shouldDisplayQRCodeInTerminal) {
       try {
-        const aes256Key = new Uint8Array([]);
+        const aes256Key = crypto.randomBytes(32);
         const ed25519Key = 'ed25519Key';
 
         const url = qrCodeLinkURL(aes256Key, ed25519Key);
         qrcode.toString(url, (error, encodedURL) => console.log(encodedURL));
       } catch (e) {
         console.log('Error generating QR code', e);
       }
     }
 
     const cpuCount = os.cpus().length;
     for (let i = 0; i < cpuCount; i++) {
       cluster.fork();
     }
     cluster.on('exit', () => cluster.fork());
   } else {
     const server = express();
     expressWs(server);
     server.use(express.json({ limit: '250mb' }));
     server.use(cookieParser());
 
     const setupAppRouter = router => {
       router.use('/images', express.static('images'));
       router.use('/fonts', express.static('fonts'));
       router.use('/misc', express.static('misc'));
       router.use(
         '/.well-known',
         express.static(
           '.well-known',
           // Necessary for apple-app-site-association file
           {
             setHeaders: res =>
               res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json'),
           },
         ),
       );
       router.use(
         '/compiled',
         express.static('app_compiled', compiledFolderOptions),
       );
       router.use('/', express.static('icons'));
 
       for (const endpoint in jsonEndpoints) {
         // $FlowFixMe Flow thinks endpoint is string
         const responder = jsonEndpoints[endpoint];
         const expectCookieInvalidation = endpoint === 'log_out';
         router.post(
           `/${endpoint}`,
           jsonHandler(responder, expectCookieInvalidation),
         );
       }
 
       router.get(
         '/download_error_report/:reportID',
         downloadHandler(errorReportDownloadResponder),
       );
       router.get(
         '/upload/:uploadID/:secret',
         downloadHandler(uploadDownloadResponder),
       );
 
       router.get('/invite/:secret', inviteResponder);
 
       // $FlowFixMe express-ws has side effects that can't be typed
       router.ws('/ws', onConnection);
       router.get('/worker/:worker', webWorkerResponder);
       router.get('*', htmlHandler(websiteResponder));
 
       router.post(
         '/upload_multimedia',
         multerProcessor,
         uploadHandler(multimediaUploadResponder),
       );
     };
 
     // Note - the order of router declarations matters. On prod we have
     // squadCalBaseRoutePath configured to '/', which means it's a catch-all. If
     // we call server.use on squadCalRouter first, it will catch all requests
     // and prevent commAppRouter and landingRouter from working correctly. So we
     // make sure that squadCalRouter goes last
 
     server.get('/invite/:secret', inviteResponder);
 
     if (landingBaseRoutePath) {
       const landingRouter = express.Router();
       landingRouter.get('/invite/:secret', inviteResponder);
       landingRouter.use(
         '/.well-known',
         express.static(
           '.well-known',
           // Necessary for apple-app-site-association file
           {
             setHeaders: res =>
               res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json'),
           },
         ),
       );
       landingRouter.use('/images', express.static('images'));
       landingRouter.use('/fonts', express.static('fonts'));
       landingRouter.use(
         '/compiled',
         express.static('landing_compiled', compiledFolderOptions),
       );
       landingRouter.use('/', express.static('landing_icons'));
       landingRouter.post('/subscribe_email', emailSubscriptionResponder);
       landingRouter.get('*', landingHandler);
       server.use(landingBaseRoutePath, landingRouter);
     }
 
     if (commAppBaseRoutePath) {
       const commAppRouter = express.Router();
       setupAppRouter(commAppRouter);
       server.use(commAppBaseRoutePath, commAppRouter);
     }
 
     if (squadCalBaseRoutePath) {
       const squadCalRouter = express.Router();
       setupAppRouter(squadCalRouter);
       server.use(squadCalBaseRoutePath, squadCalRouter);
     }
 
     const listenAddress = (() => {
       if (process.env.COMM_LISTEN_ADDR) {
         return process.env.COMM_LISTEN_ADDR;
       } else if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
         return undefined;
       } else {
         return 'localhost';
       }
     })();
 
     server.listen(parseInt(process.env.PORT, 10) || 3000, listenAddress);
   }
 })();