diff --git a/src/main/java/systems/brn/chatencryptor/SecureChat.java b/src/main/java/systems/brn/chatencryptor/SecureChat.java
index b117305..72d548b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/systems/brn/chatencryptor/SecureChat.java
+++ b/src/main/java/systems/brn/chatencryptor/SecureChat.java
@@ -27,13 +27,14 @@ import java.time.Instant;
 public class SecureChat implements ClientModInitializer {
 
     private boolean decryptChatMessage(Text message, @Nullable SignedMessage signedMessage, @Nullable GameProfile sender, MessageType.Parameters params, Instant receptionTimestamp) {
+        Config.HANDLER.load();
         TranslatableTextContent content = (TranslatableTextContent) message.getContent();
         String message_content = content.getArg(1).getString();
         String player_name = content.getArg(0).getString();
         if(message_content.startsWith("®") && message_content.endsWith("®")){
             try {
                 Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance("AES/CBC/PKCS5Padding");
-                cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, Config.HANDLER.instance().getRawKey(), Config.HANDLER.instance().getRawIv());
+                cipher.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, Config.HANDLER.instance().getRawKey(), Config.HANDLER.instance().getRawIv());
                 String strippedMessage = message_content.replace("®", "");
                 byte[] decodedMessage = ChatCoder.decodeFromBmp(strippedMessage);
                 cipher.update(decodedMessage);
@@ -51,11 +52,12 @@ public class SecureChat implements ClientModInitializer {
     }
 
     private String encryptChatMessage(String message) {
+        Config.HANDLER.load();
         if(Config.HANDLER.instance().isEnabled()){
             String encodedMessage;
             try {
                 Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance("AES/CBC/PKCS5Padding");
-                cipher.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, Config.HANDLER.instance().getRawKey(), Config.HANDLER.instance().getRawIv());
+                cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, Config.HANDLER.instance().getRawKey(), Config.HANDLER.instance().getRawIv());
                 cipher.update(message.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
                 byte[] encryptedMessage = cipher.doFinal();
                 encodedMessage = ChatCoder.encodeToBmp(encryptedMessage);