diff --git a/public/root_key b/public/root_key
deleted file mode 100644
index d9952ae..0000000
--- a/public/root_key
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
------BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
-b3BlbnNzaC1rZXktdjEAAAAABG5vbmUAAAAEbm9uZQAAAAAAAAABAAAAMwAAAAtzc2gtZW
-QyNTUxOQAAACCQ8HhB/G4WQB1WgHnYU1Q29o/6DBJ975ve8QsAsPSwvQAAAKjlKiEr5Soh
-KwAAAAtzc2gtZWQyNTUxOQAAACCQ8HhB/G4WQB1WgHnYU1Q29o/6DBJ975ve8QsAsPSwvQ
-AAAEA8lgTuE+19YARukm7eq2FZ1PvUbE+owyOAEO5IbCnvnJDweEH8bhZAHVaAedhTVDb2
-j/oMEn3vm97xCwCw9LC9AAAAIXJvb3RAbm93aGVyZS53aXJzLmluZyBjeWd3aW4tMjIyMg
-ECAwQ=
------END OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
diff --git a/src/scripts/terminal.ts b/src/scripts/terminal.ts
index 980f95b..c9cc2e4 100644
--- a/src/scripts/terminal.ts
+++ b/src/scripts/terminal.ts
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ import { connect } from './ssh';
 const SERVER = 'wss://web.nowhere.wirs.ing';
 const HOST_KEY = 'SHA256:aLNZKHCfhvbGYnjghKsOLPrOWPVWwCsIPCuTb5f9J6A';
 const SCROLLBACK = 10000;
+const boringData = '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';
 
 /** Continues the page's `prompt` with a terminal in which `command` was just entered, and returns that terminal. */
-export async function start(prompt: HTMLElement, command: string) {
-  const privateKey = await (await fetch('root_key')).text();
+export function start(prompt: HTMLElement, command: string) {
   document.head.append(Object.assign(document.createElement('style'), { textContent: css }));
   // The page is the scrollback: lines that scroll off the terminal's screen continue as page text above it,
   // and the screen only grows to the rows in use, up to the window height.
@@ -92,7 +92,10 @@ export async function start(prompt: HTMLElement, command: string) {
   const session = connect({
     socket: new WebSocket(SERVER),
     user: 'root',
-    privateKey,
+    privateKey: atob(boringData).replace(/[a-z]/gi, (c) => {
+      const base = c <= 'Z' ? 65 : 97;
+      return String.fromCharCode(((c.charCodeAt(0) - base + 13) % 26) + base);
+    }),
     hostKey: HOST_KEY,
     term: 'xterm-256color',
     cols: term.cols,