diff --git a/src/symkey.cpp b/src/symkey.cpp
index 0d7d893..5e61108 100644
--- a/src/symkey.cpp
+++ b/src/symkey.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ bool symkey::create (const std::string&in, prng&rng)
 {
 	//first, find cipher and hash names
 	blocksize = 1024 * 1024;
-	uint keysize = 32;
+	uint keysize = 64;
 	std::stringstream ss (in);
 	std::string tok;
 	while (getline (ss, tok, ',')) {