diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c07d6a7..4589037 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,5 +30,4 @@ cd to `react/resume` and run `build.sh`.
 If you are running in debug mode, run `yarn/npm start`
 
 ## Generate the key
-Install node modules in following directories: `.`, `./scripts`  
-Then, cd to root and run `node scripts/generate_key.js`
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+Cd to root of project and run `scripts/generate_key.py`
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diff --git a/scripts/generate_key.js b/scripts/generate_key.js
index be34552..6f6a87a 100644
--- a/scripts/generate_key.js
+++ b/scripts/generate_key.js
@@ -1,53 +1,3 @@
-const crypto = require('crypto');
-const path = require('path');
-const args = require('args-parser')(process.argv);
-const fs = require('fs');
-const base64 = require('js-base64');
+const { exec } = require('child_process');
 
-let key = crypto.randomFillSync(Buffer.alloc(32)).toString('base64');
-let dotenv = path.resolve('.env');
-
-if (args['help']) {
-    console.log(path.basename(__filename) + ' [--key-only] [--env|-e] [--set-key] [--dry-run] [--stdout|-s]');
-    console.log('\n' + 
-        '  --help: Display this help\n' +
-        '  --key-only: Generate key only and put it in stdout\n' + 
-        '  --env -e: Specify an env file\n' +
-        '  --set-key: Specify your key\n' +
-        '  --dry-run: Don\'t write anything, just do the thing\n' + 
-        '  --stdout -s: Don\'t write to file, write to stdout instead'
-    );
-    process.exit(0);
-}
-
-if (args['key-only']) {
-    console.log(key);
-    process.exit(0);
-}
-if (args['env'] || args['e']) {
-    dotenv = args['env'] ? args['env'] : args['e'];
-}
-if (args['set-key']) {
-    key = args['set-key'];
-}
-
-const file = fs.readFileSync(dotenv).toString('utf8');
-
-let lines = file.split('\n');
-
-for (let i = 0; i != lines.length; i++) {
-    let line = lines[i];
-    if (line.startsWith('APP_KEY=')) {
-        lines[i] = 'APP_KEY=' + key;
-    }
-}
-
-const newfile = lines.join('\n');
-
-const w_stdout = args['stdout'] || args['s'];
-
-if (!args['dry-run']) {
-    if (w_stdout) console.log(newfile);
-    else
-        fs.writeFileSync(dotenv, newfile);
-}
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+exec('generate_key.py');
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diff --git a/scripts/generate_key.py b/scripts/generate_key.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..270a167
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/generate_key.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import os
+import secrets
+import base64
+
+if (not os.path.exists('.env')):
+    print('No .env file found. Please create a dotenv to proceed.');
+    exit(-1);
+
+key_bytes = secrets.token_bytes(32);
+dotenv_text = '';
+
+with open('.env', 'tr', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+    dotenv_text = f.read();
+
+dotenv_lines = dotenv_text.split('\n');
+key_line = 0;
+
+for i, line in enumerate(dotenv_lines):
+    if (line.startswith('APP_KEY=')):
+            dotenv_lines[i] = 'APP_KEY=' + base64.b64encode(key_bytes).decode('utf-8');
+
+with open('.env', 'tw', encoding='utf-8') as f: print('\n'.join(dotenv_lines), file=f)
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