diff --git a/pages/make-contribution.vue b/pages/make-contribution.vue
index 2f9128d..0015aaa 100644
--- a/pages/make-contribution.vue
+++ b/pages/make-contribution.vue
@@ -187,14 +187,12 @@ export default {
         await timeout(100) // allow UI to update before freezing in wasm
         console.log('Source params', data)
 
-        let msgBuffer = new TextEncoder('utf-8').encode(userInput)
-        let hashBuffer = await window.crypto.subtle.digest('SHA-256', msgBuffer)
+        const msgBuffer = new TextEncoder('utf-8').encode(userInput)
+        const hashBuffer = await window.crypto.subtle.digest('SHA-256', msgBuffer)
         const entropyFromUser = new Uint8Array(hashBuffer)
         // console.log('entropyFromUser', entropyFromUser.toString())
 
-        msgBuffer = window.crypto.getRandomValues(new Uint8Array(1024))
-        hashBuffer = await window.crypto.subtle.digest('SHA-256', msgBuffer)
-        const entropyFromBrowser = new Uint8Array(hashBuffer)
+        const entropyFromBrowser = window.crypto.getRandomValues(new Uint8Array(32))
         // console.log('entropyFromBrowser', entropyFromBrowser.toString())
 
         // suffle the browser and user random
diff --git a/server/controllers/contribute.js b/server/controllers/contribute.js
index dd151a4..600832a 100644
--- a/server/controllers/contribute.js
+++ b/server/controllers/contribute.js
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ const aws = require('aws-sdk')
 const express = require('express')
 const { Mutex } = require('async-mutex')
 const multer = require('multer')
-const blake2 = require('blake2')
 
 const mutex = new Mutex()
 const s3 = new aws.S3()
@@ -88,14 +87,14 @@ router.post('/response', upload.single('response'), async (req, res) => {
         await uploadToS3({ filename: req.file.filename, contributionIndex })
       }
       console.log('Committing changes')
-      await Contribution.create({ name, company, handle, socialType, token })
-
       await fs.copyFile(`/tmp/tornado/${req.file.filename}`, './server/snark_files/current.params')
       await fs.copyFile(
         './server/snark_files/current.params',
         `./server/snark_files/response_${contributionIndex}`
       )
 
+      await Contribution.create({ name, company, handle, socialType, token })
+
       console.log('Contribution finished.')
       res.json({ contributionIndex, token })
     } catch (e) {