diff --git a/src/bot/handlers.py b/src/bot/handlers.py
index f03a352..bacc201 100644
--- a/src/bot/handlers.py
+++ b/src/bot/handlers.py
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ def _add_account5(
     name, login, passwd = data["name"], data["login"], data["passwd"]
 
     enc_login, enc_pass, salt = cryptography.other_accounts.encrypt_account_info(
-        login, passwd, text.encode("utf-8")
+        login, passwd, text
     )
 
     result = database.add.add_account(
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ def _get_account3(
         engine, mes.from_user.id, name
     )
     login, passwd = cryptography.other_accounts.decrypt_account_info(
-        enc_login, enc_pass, text.encode("utf-8"), salt
+        enc_login, enc_pass, text, salt
     )
     send_tmp_message(
         bot,
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ def _import3(
             failed.append(name)
             continue
         enc_login, enc_passwd, salt = cryptography.other_accounts.encrypt_account_info(
-            login, passwd, text.encode("utf-8")
+            login, passwd, text
         )
         result = database.add.add_account(
             engine, mes.from_user.id, name, salt, enc_login, enc_passwd
diff --git a/src/bot/utils.py b/src/bot/utils.py
index 7297b0e..1db9f64 100644
--- a/src/bot/utils.py
+++ b/src/bot/utils.py
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ def get_all_accounts(
     engine: Engine, user_id: int, master_pass: str
 ) -> list[tuple[str, str, str]]:
     accounts: list[tuple[str, str, str]] = []
-    master_pass = master_pass.encode("utf-8")
     for account_name in database.get.get_accounts(engine, user_id):
         salt, enc_login, enc_passwd = database.get.get_account_info(
             engine, user_id, account_name
diff --git a/src/cryptography/other_accounts.py b/src/cryptography/other_accounts.py
index aa6b607..ab8ae77 100644
--- a/src/cryptography/other_accounts.py
+++ b/src/cryptography/other_accounts.py
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ def _generate_key(salt: bytes, master_pass: bytes) -> bytes:
 
 
 def encrypt_account_info(
-    login: str, passwd: str, master_pass: bytes
+    login: str, passwd: str, master_pass: str
 ) -> tuple[bytes, bytes, bytes]:
     """Encrypts login and password of a user using their master password as a key.
     Returns a tuple of encrypted login, password and salt"""
     salt = os.urandom(64)
-    key = _generate_key(salt, master_pass)
+    key = _generate_key(salt, master_pass.encode("utf-8"))
     f = Fernet(key)
     enc_login = f.encrypt(login.encode("utf-8"))
     enc_passwd = f.encrypt(passwd.encode("utf-8"))
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ def encrypt_account_info(
 
 
 def decrypt_account_info(
-    enc_login: bytes, enc_pass: bytes, master_pass: bytes, salt: bytes
+    enc_login: bytes, enc_pass: bytes, master_pass: str, salt: bytes
 ) -> tuple[str, str]:
     """Decrypts login and password using their master password as a key.
     Returns a tuple of decrypted login and password"""
-    key = _generate_key(salt, master_pass)
+    key = _generate_key(salt, master_pass.encode("utf-8"))
     f = Fernet(key)
     login_bytes = f.decrypt(enc_login)
     pass_bytes = f.decrypt(enc_pass)