diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 96a9eea53..b071fd6a0 100755
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ serde = { version = "1.0.210", default-features = false, features = ["std", "der
 serde_json = { version = "1.0.128", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
 log = { version = "0.4.22", default-features = false, features = ["std"]}
 
-vss-client = "0.3"
+#vss-client = "0.3"
+vss-client = { git = "https://github.com/tnull/vss-rust-client", rev = "03ca9d99f70387aabec225020e46434cda8d18ff" }
 prost = { version = "0.11.6", default-features = false}
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
diff --git a/src/io/vss_store.rs b/src/io/vss_store.rs
index e2cfc3c7b..e93aa9c8a 100644
--- a/src/io/vss_store.rs
+++ b/src/io/vss_store.rs
@@ -38,12 +38,14 @@ type CustomRetryPolicy = FilteredRetryPolicy<
 	Box<dyn Fn(&VssError) -> bool + 'static + Send + Sync>,
 >;
 
+const KEY_LENGTH: usize = 32;
+
 /// A [`KVStore`] implementation that writes to and reads from a [VSS](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/vss-server/blob/main/README.md) backend.
 pub struct VssStore {
 	client: VssClient<CustomRetryPolicy>,
 	store_id: String,
 	runtime: Arc<Runtime>,
-	storable_builder: StorableBuilder<RandEntropySource>,
+	data_encryption_key: [u8; KEY_LENGTH],
 	key_obfuscator: KeyObfuscator,
 }
 
@@ -55,7 +57,6 @@ impl VssStore {
 		let (data_encryption_key, obfuscation_master_key) =
 			derive_data_encryption_and_obfuscation_keys(&vss_seed);
 		let key_obfuscator = KeyObfuscator::new(obfuscation_master_key);
-		let storable_builder = StorableBuilder::new(data_encryption_key, RandEntropySource);
 		let retry_policy = ExponentialBackoffRetryPolicy::new(Duration::from_millis(10))
 			.with_max_attempts(10)
 			.with_max_total_delay(Duration::from_secs(15))
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ impl VssStore {
 			}) as _);
 
 		let client = VssClient::new_with_headers(base_url, retry_policy, header_provider);
-		Self { client, store_id, runtime, storable_builder, key_obfuscator }
+		Self { client, store_id, runtime, data_encryption_key, key_obfuscator }
 	}
 
 	fn build_key(
@@ -132,10 +133,9 @@ impl KVStore for VssStore {
 		&self, primary_namespace: &str, secondary_namespace: &str, key: &str,
 	) -> io::Result<Vec<u8>> {
 		check_namespace_key_validity(primary_namespace, secondary_namespace, Some(key), "read")?;
-		let request = GetObjectRequest {
-			store_id: self.store_id.clone(),
-			key: self.build_key(primary_namespace, secondary_namespace, key)?,
-		};
+
+		let store_key = self.build_key(primary_namespace, secondary_namespace, key)?;
+		let request = GetObjectRequest { store_id: self.store_id.clone(), key: store_key.clone() };
 		let resp = self.runtime.block_on(self.client.get_object(&request)).map_err(|e| {
 			let msg = format!(
 				"Failed to read from key {}/{}/{}: {}",
@@ -156,20 +156,31 @@ impl KVStore for VssStore {
 			Error::new(ErrorKind::Other, msg)
 		})?;
 
-		Ok(self.storable_builder.deconstruct(storable)?.0)
+		let storable_builder = StorableBuilder::new(RandEntropySource);
+		let decrypted = storable_builder
+			.deconstruct(storable, &self.data_encryption_key, store_key.as_bytes())?
+			.0;
+		Ok(decrypted)
 	}
 
 	fn write(
 		&self, primary_namespace: &str, secondary_namespace: &str, key: &str, buf: &[u8],
 	) -> io::Result<()> {
 		check_namespace_key_validity(primary_namespace, secondary_namespace, Some(key), "write")?;
+		let store_key = self.build_key(primary_namespace, secondary_namespace, key)?;
 		let version = -1;
-		let storable = self.storable_builder.build(buf.to_vec(), version);
+		let storable_builder = StorableBuilder::new(RandEntropySource);
+		let storable = storable_builder.build(
+			buf.to_vec(),
+			version,
+			&&self.data_encryption_key,
+			store_key.as_bytes(),
+		);
 		let request = PutObjectRequest {
 			store_id: self.store_id.clone(),
 			global_version: None,
 			transaction_items: vec![KeyValue {
-				key: self.build_key(primary_namespace, secondary_namespace, key)?,
+				key: store_key,
 				version,
 				value: storable.encode_to_vec(),
 			}],
@@ -228,6 +239,12 @@ impl KVStore for VssStore {
 	}
 }
 
+impl Drop for VssStore {
+	fn drop(&mut self) {
+		self.data_encryption_key.copy_from_slice(&[0u8; KEY_LENGTH]);
+	}
+}
+
 fn derive_data_encryption_and_obfuscation_keys(vss_seed: &[u8; 32]) -> ([u8; 32], [u8; 32]) {
 	let hkdf = |initial_key_material: &[u8], salt: &[u8]| -> [u8; 32] {
 		let mut engine = HmacEngine::<sha256::Hash>::new(salt);