diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 46722351..f98a9381 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ soft-reset:
 
 reset:
 	@echo "Hard-resetting Onionr..."
-	rm -rf onionr/$(ONIONR_HOME)/ | true > /dev/null 2>&1
+	rm -rf $(ONIONR_HOME)/ | true > /dev/null 2>&1
 	cd onionr/static-data/www/ui/; rm -rf ./dist; python compile.py
 	#@./onionr.sh version | grep -v "Failed" --color=always
 
diff --git a/onionr.sh b/onionr.sh
index 783d1f05..ef955eec 100755
--- a/onionr.sh
+++ b/onionr.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 ORIG_ONIONR_RUN_DIR=`pwd`
 cd "$(dirname "$0")"
-cd onionr/
+cd onionr
 ./__init__.py "$@"
diff --git a/onionr/onionrutils/mnemonickeys.py b/onionr/onionrutils/mnemonickeys.py
index 84bdcdc6..38669578 100644
--- a/onionr/onionrutils/mnemonickeys.py
+++ b/onionr/onionrutils/mnemonickeys.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 '''
 import base64
 
-import mnemonic
+import niceware
 import unpaddedbase32
 
 import onionrcrypto
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ from etc import onionrvalues
 
 DELIMITER = '-'
 
-m = mnemonic.Mnemonic('english')
-
 def get_human_readable_ID(pub=''):
     '''gets a human readable ID from a public key'''
     if pub == '':
@@ -37,8 +35,9 @@ def get_human_readable_ID(pub=''):
     if not len(pub) == onionrvalues.MAIN_PUBLIC_KEY_SIZE:
         pub = base64.b32decode(pub)
     
-    return m.to_mnemonic(pub).replace(' ', DELIMITER)
+    return DELIMITER.join(niceware.bytes_to_passphrase(pub))
+    #return niceware.bytes_to_passphrase(pub).replace(' ', DELIMITER)
 
 def get_base32(words):
     '''converts mnemonic to base32'''
-    return unpaddedbase32.b32encode(m.to_entropy(words.replace(DELIMITER, ' ')))
+    return unpaddedbase32.b32encode(niceware.passphrase_to_bytes(words.replace(DELIMITER, ' ')))
diff --git a/onionr/vanityonionr/__init__.py b/onionr/vanityonionr/__init__.py
index 72038e35..2f9fd18f 100644
--- a/onionr/vanityonionr/__init__.py
+++ b/onionr/vanityonionr/__init__.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 """
 
-import mnemonic
+import niceware
 import nacl.signing, nacl.encoding
 
 import multiprocessing
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ from multiprocessing import Process, Pipe, Queue
 import re, time
 import threading
 
-m = mnemonic.Mnemonic("english")
-wordlist = m.wordlist
+wordlist = niceware.WORD_LIST
 
 def find_vanity_mnemonic(start_words: str, queue):
 
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ def find_vanity_mnemonic(start_words: str, queue):
         key = nacl.signing.SigningKey.generate()
         key_pair[1] = key.encode(nacl.encoding.RawEncoder)
         key_pair[0] = key.verify_key.encode(encoder=nacl.encoding.RawEncoder)
-        vanity_key = m.to_mnemonic(key_pair[0])
+        vanity_key = niceware.bytes_to_passphrasec(key_pair[0])
         check += 1
     else:
         queue.put(key_pair)
diff --git a/requirements.in b/requirements.in
index 7bbb9f7a..df17ef29 100644
--- a/requirements.in
+++ b/requirements.in
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ unpaddedbase32==0.1.0
 streamedrequests==1.0.0
 jinja2==2.10.1
 toomanyobjs==1.1.0
-mnemonic==0.18
+niceware==0.2.1
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ca9ed0a8..1827ed91 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -137,11 +137,9 @@ markupsafe==1.1.1 \
     --hash=sha256:cd5df75523866410809ca100dc9681e301e3c27567cf498077e8551b6d20e42f \
     --hash=sha256:e249096428b3ae81b08327a63a485ad0878de3fb939049038579ac0ef61e17e7 \
     # via jinja2
-mnemonic==0.18 \
-    --hash=sha256:02a7306a792370f4a0c106c2cf1ce5a0c84b9dbd7e71c6792fdb9ad88a727f1d
-pbkdf2==1.3 \
-    --hash=sha256:ac6397369f128212c43064a2b4878038dab78dab41875364554aaf2a684e6979 \
-    # via mnemonic
+niceware==0.2.1 \
+    --hash=sha256:0f8b192f2a1e800e068474f6e208be9c7e2857664b33a96f4045340de4e5c69c \
+    --hash=sha256:cf2dc0e1567d36d067c61b32fed0f1b9c4534ed511f9eeead4ba548d03b5c9eb
 pycparser==2.19 \
     --hash=sha256:a988718abfad80b6b157acce7bf130a30876d27603738ac39f140993246b25b3 \
     # via cffi
diff --git a/tests/test_highlevelcrypto.py b/tests/test_highlevelcrypto.py
index 79ddf42f..35f395ed 100755
--- a/tests/test_highlevelcrypto.py
+++ b/tests/test_highlevelcrypto.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class OnionrCryptoTests(unittest.TestCase):
     
     def test_human_readable_length(self):
         human = mnemonickeys.get_human_readable_ID()
-        self.assertTrue(len(human.split('-')) == 24)
+        self.assertTrue(len(human.split('-')) == 16)
     
     def test_safe_compare(self):
         self.assertTrue(crypto.cryptoutils.safe_compare('test', 'test'))