diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 08a7486..7cc2878 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ target
 vpncloud-oldnodes
 ._*
 vpncloud.1*
+*sodium
diff --git a/src/crypto/dummy.rs b/src/crypto/dummy.rs
index 7022b49..9f232c1 100644
--- a/src/crypto/dummy.rs
+++ b/src/crypto/dummy.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ pub enum Crypto {
 }
 
 impl Crypto {
+    pub fn init() {
+        
+    }
+
     pub fn method(&self) -> u8 {
         0
     }
diff --git a/src/crypto/sodium.rs b/src/crypto/sodium.rs
index da24c4d..1f15558 100644
--- a/src/crypto/sodium.rs
+++ b/src/crypto/sodium.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ fn inc_nonce(nonce: [u8; 8]) -> [u8; 8] {
 }
 
 impl Crypto {
+    pub fn init() {
+        unsafe { sodium_init() };
+    }
+
     pub fn method(&self) -> u8 {
         match self {
             &Crypto::None => 0,
@@ -40,6 +44,7 @@ impl Crypto {
     }
 
     pub fn from_shared_key(password: &str) -> Self {
+
         let salt = "vpncloudVPNCLOUDvpncl0udVpnCloud".as_bytes();
         assert_eq!(salt.len(), crypto_pwhash_scryptsalsa208sha256_SALTBYTES);
         let mut key = [0; crypto_pwhash_scryptsalsa208sha256_STRBYTES];
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index a15c141..faba535 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ fn run<T: Protocol> (args: Args) {
         name.hash(&mut s);
         s.finish()
     });
+    Crypto::init();
     let crypto = match args.flag_shared_key {
         Some(key) => Crypto::from_shared_key(&key),
         None => Crypto::None