diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/storage-manager/storage-manager.js b/frontend/src/lib/storage-manager/storage-manager.js
index 049caa508..0849ae933 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/storage-manager/storage-manager.js
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/storage-manager/storage-manager.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 /* global:writable */
 
 import semver from 'semver';
-import sodium from 'sodium-javascript';
+// import sodium from 'sodium-javascript';
 
 import { HttpClient } from '../../services/http-client/http-client';
 
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ export class StorageManager {
     const enc = this.load('encryption', { ...options, encryption: false });
     const requestBody = {
       type      : options.encryption,
-      length    : sodium.crypto_secretbox_KEYBYTES,
+      length    : undefined, // sodium.crypto_secretbox_KEYBYTES,
       salt      : enc.salt,
       timestamp : enc.timestamp,
     };
@@ -501,10 +501,10 @@ function encrypt(plaintext, key) {
   // TODO use const if possible
   let plaintextB = Buffer.from(plaintext);
   let cipherB    = Buffer.alloc(plaintextB.length + sodium.crypto_secretbox_MACBYTES);
-  let nonceB     = Buffer.alloc(sodium.crypto_secretbox_NONCEBYTES);
+  let nonceB     = undefined; // Buffer.alloc(sodium.crypto_secretbox_NONCEBYTES);
   let keyB       = Buffer.from(key);
 
-  sodium.crypto_secretbox_easy(cipherB, plaintextB, nonceB, keyB);
+  // sodium.crypto_secretbox_easy(cipherB, plaintextB, nonceB, keyB);
 
   const result = cipherB;
   console.log('encrypt result', result);
@@ -520,11 +520,11 @@ function decrypt(ciphertext, key) {
   
   // TODO use const if possible
   let cipherB    = Buffer.from(ciphertext);
-  let plaintextB = Buffer.alloc(cipherB.length - sodium.crypto_secretbox_MACBYTES);
-  let nonceB     = Buffer.alloc(sodium.crypto_secretbox_NONCEBYTES);
+  let plaintextB = undefined; Buffer.alloc(cipherB.length - sodium.crypto_secretbox_MACBYTES);
+  let nonceB     = undefined; Buffer.alloc(sodium.crypto_secretbox_NONCEBYTES);
   let keyB       = Buffer.from(key);
 
-  sodium.crypto_secretbox_open_easy(plaintextB, cipherB, nonceB, keyB);
+  // sodium.crypto_secretbox_open_easy(plaintextB, cipherB, nonceB, keyB);
 
   const result = plaintextB.toString();
   console.log('decrypt result', result);