diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6f4efdc..437cd4c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 This project uses Semantic Versioning
 
+## 1.2.1
+
+* lstrip created hashes 0
+
+
 ## 1.2.0
 
 + Accepted C+gmp implementation of MiMC from @cartr
diff --git a/mimcvdf/__init__.py b/mimcvdf/__init__.py
index 6598f0b..1c00757 100644
--- a/mimcvdf/__init__.py
+++ b/mimcvdf/__init__.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def vdf_create(data: bytes, rounds: int = DEFAULT_ROUNDS, dec=False) -> str:
     input_data: int = _sha3_256_hash(data)
     if dec:
         return int.from_bytes(reverse_mimc(input_data, rounds), "big")
-    return reverse_mimc(input_data, rounds).hex()
+    return reverse_mimc(input_data, rounds).hex().lstrip('\0')
 
 
 def vdf_verify(
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 962ae31..7857072 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages, Extension
 
 setup(name='mimcvdf',
-      version='1.2.0',
+      version='1.2.1',
       description='Generic high level VDF using MiMC',
       author='Kevin Froman',
       author_email='beardog@mailbox.org',