diff --git a/ShhShell/SSH/SSHHandler.swift b/ShhShell/SSH/SSHHandler.swift
index 393509d..423c1ea 100644
--- a/ShhShell/SSH/SSHHandler.swift
+++ b/ShhShell/SSH/SSHHandler.swift
@@ -168,34 +168,29 @@ class SSHHandler: ObservableObject {
 		return
 	}
 	
-	func stripPubkey(_ data: Data) -> [CChar] {
-		let string = String(data: data, encoding: .utf8) ?? ""
-		let splitString = string.components(separatedBy: " ")
-		
-		if splitString.count >= 2 {
-			return splitString[1].cString(using: .utf8) ?? []
-		} else { return [] }
-	}
-	
-	func stripPrivkey(_ data: Data) -> [CChar] {
-		let string = String(data: data, encoding: .utf8) ?? ""
-		var splitString = string.components(separatedBy: "-----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----")
-		splitString[splitString.count-1] = splitString[splitString.count-1].components(separatedBy: "-----END OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----")[0]
-		
-
-		if splitString.count >= 2 {
-			return splitString[1].cString(using: .utf8) ?? []
-		} else { return [] }
-	}
-	
 	func authWithPubkey(pub pubInp: Data, priv privInp: Data, pass: String) {
 		guard session != nil else {
 			withAnimation { authorized = false }
 			return
 		}
 		
+		let fileManager = FileManager.default
+		let tempDir = fileManager.temporaryDirectory
+		let tempPubkey = tempDir.appendingPathComponent("key.pub")
+		let tempKey = tempDir.appendingPathComponent("key")
+		
+		fileManager.createFile(atPath: tempPubkey.path(), contents: nil)
+		fileManager.createFile(atPath: tempKey.path(), contents: nil)
+		
+		let attributes: [FileAttributeKey: Any] = [.posixPermissions: 0o600]
+		try? fileManager.setAttributes(attributes, ofItemAtPath: tempPubkey.path())
+		try? fileManager.setAttributes(attributes, ofItemAtPath: tempKey.path())
+		
+		try? pubInp.write(to: tempPubkey)
+		try? privInp.write(to: tempKey)
+		
 		var pubkey: ssh_key?
-		if ssh_pki_import_pubkey_base64(stripPubkey(pubInp), SSH_KEYTYPE_ED25519, &pubkey) != 0 {
+		if ssh_pki_import_pubkey_file(tempPubkey.path(), &pubkey) != 0 {
 			print("pubkey import error")
 		}
 		
@@ -204,8 +199,7 @@ class SSHHandler: ObservableObject {
 		}
 		
 		var privkey: ssh_key?
-		let strippedPrivkey = stripPrivkey(privInp)
-		if ssh_pki_import_privkey_base64(strippedPrivkey, pass, nil, nil, &privkey) != 0 {
+		if ssh_pki_import_privkey_file(tempKey.path(), pass, nil, nil, &privkey) != 0 {
 			print("privkey import error")
 			print("likely incorrect passphrase")
 		}
@@ -222,8 +216,8 @@ class SSHHandler: ObservableObject {
 		DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now()+10) {
 			ssh_key_free(pubkey)
 			ssh_key_free(privkey)
-//			try? fileManager.removeItem(at: tempPubkey)
-//			try? fileManager.removeItem(at: tempKey)
+			try? fileManager.removeItem(at: tempPubkey)
+			try? fileManager.removeItem(at: tempKey)
 		}
 		
 		return