diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-tahoelafs b/src/freedombone-app-tahoelafs
index 3e9a60a5..c9cd6052 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-tahoelafs
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-tahoelafs
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ function get_tahoelafs_storage_hostname {
 }
 
 function get_tahoelafs_public_key {
-    echo "$(cat /home/tahoelafs/storage/node.pubkey | grep 'v0-')"
+    echo "$(cat /home/tahoelafs/storage/node.pubkey | grep 'v0-' | sed 's|pub-||g')"
 }
 
 function add_tahoelafs_server {