diff --git a/src/redis_ctrl.rs b/src/redis_ctrl.rs
index 363fdc1..9c245f5 100644
--- a/src/redis_ctrl.rs
+++ b/src/redis_ctrl.rs
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ impl RedisCtrl {
 
 	pub fn init_world_state( &mut self) -> LJResult<WorldState>{
 	    Ok(WorldState {
-		client_key: self.connection.get("/clientkey")?,
+		client_key: self.get_client_key()?,
 		edh: self.get_edh()?,
 		kpps: self.get_int("kpps")?.try_into()?,
 		intensity: self.get_int("intensity")?.try_into()?,
@@ -118,9 +118,9 @@ impl RedisCtrl {
 	    Ok(edh)
 	}
 
-	pub fn get_client_key( &mut self ) -> LJResult<u8> {
-	    let key : u8 = self.connection.get("/clientkey")?;
-	    Ok(key as u8)
+	pub fn get_client_key( &mut self ) -> LJResult<String> {
+	    let key : String = self.connection.get("/clientkey")?;
+	    Ok(key)
 	}
 
 	pub fn get_int(&mut self, key: &str ) -> LJResult<u32> {
diff --git a/src/worldstate.rs b/src/worldstate.rs
index 1f6bea2..e03edb1 100644
--- a/src/worldstate.rs
+++ b/src/worldstate.rs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ impl EDH {
 pub struct WorldState {
 	pub edh: EDH,
 	pub resampler: Vec<f32>,
-	pub client_key: u8,
+	pub client_key: String,
 	pub intensity: u8,
 	pub kpps: u32,
 	pub color: Color,