diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 12676e09a..0354a42ad 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1149,7 +1149,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "command"
-version = "2.0.0-dev-123"
+version = "2.0.0-dev-124"
 dependencies = [
  "komodo_client",
  "shlex",
@@ -1489,7 +1489,7 @@ checksum = "d7a1e2f27636f116493b8b860f5546edb47c8d8f8ea73e1d2a20be88e28d1fea"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "database"
-version = "2.0.0-dev-123"
+version = "2.0.0-dev-124"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-compression",
@@ -1759,7 +1759,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "encoding"
-version = "2.0.0-dev-123"
+version = "2.0.0-dev-124"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bytes",
@@ -1801,7 +1801,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "environment"
-version = "2.0.0-dev-123"
+version = "2.0.0-dev-124"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "formatting",
@@ -1930,7 +1930,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "formatting"
-version = "2.0.0-dev-123"
+version = "2.0.0-dev-124"
 dependencies = [
  "mogh_error",
 ]
@@ -2109,7 +2109,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "git"
-version = "2.0.0-dev-123"
+version = "2.0.0-dev-124"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "command",
@@ -2709,7 +2709,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "interpolate"
-version = "2.0.0-dev-123"
+version = "2.0.0-dev-124"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "komodo_client",
@@ -2835,7 +2835,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "komodo_cli"
-version = "2.0.0-dev-123"
+version = "2.0.0-dev-124"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "chrono",
@@ -2863,7 +2863,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "komodo_client"
-version = "2.0.0-dev-123"
+version = "2.0.0-dev-124"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async_timing_util",
@@ -2902,7 +2902,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "komodo_core"
-version = "2.0.0-dev-123"
+version = "2.0.0-dev-124"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "arc-swap",
@@ -2975,7 +2975,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "komodo_periphery"
-version = "2.0.0-dev-123"
+version = "2.0.0-dev-124"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "arc-swap",
@@ -3224,9 +3224,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mogh_auth_server"
-version = "1.2.11"
+version = "1.2.12"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b5d93cfc5fd1041273091e6c55544a98df78497dd628503481d22cb676c90502"
+checksum = "e748cc16d2f7d9a86fbab3eff5f2e847df205db8ff5aa27728e45271f96d327b"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "arc-swap",
@@ -4030,7 +4030,7 @@ checksum = "9b4f627cb1b25917193a259e49bdad08f671f8d9708acfd5fe0a8c1455d87220"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "periphery_client"
-version = "2.0.0-dev-123"
+version = "2.0.0-dev-124"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "encoding",
@@ -6007,7 +6007,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "transport"
-version = "2.0.0-dev-123"
+version = "2.0.0-dev-124"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "axum",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 267a62581..1f79ff412 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ members = [
 ]
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "2.0.0-dev-123"
+version = "2.0.0-dev-124"
 edition = "2024"
 authors = ["mbecker20 <becker.maxh@gmail.com>"]
 license = "GPL-3.0-or-later"
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ mogh_error = { version = "1.0.3", default-features = false }
 derive_default_builder = "0.1.8"
 async_timing_util = "1.1.0"
 mogh_auth_client = "1.2.2"
-mogh_auth_server = "1.2.11"
+mogh_auth_server = "1.2.12"
 mogh_secret_file = "1.0.1"
 mogh_validations = "1.0.1"
 mogh_rate_limit = "1.0.1"
diff --git a/ui/src/lib/hooks.ts b/ui/src/lib/hooks.ts
index e5aad59a7..ed7c240a2 100644
--- a/ui/src/lib/hooks.ts
+++ b/ui/src/lib/hooks.ts
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ export function useAuthState() {
   const search = new URLSearchParams(location.search);
 
   const _passkey = search.get("passkey");
-  const passkey = _passkey ? JSON.parse(_passkey) : null;
+  const passkey = _passkey ? JSON.parse(atob(_passkey)) : null;
 
   // guard against multiple reqs sent
   // maybe isPending would do this but not sure about with render loop, this for sure will.