diff --git a/komrade/backend/keymaker.py b/komrade/backend/keymaker.py
index 504a2be..2fb020a 100644
--- a/komrade/backend/keymaker.py
+++ b/komrade/backend/keymaker.py
@@ -300,9 +300,7 @@ Keymaker ({self}) is forging new keys for {name}
         # gen encrypted keys!
         keychain = self.gen_encr_keys(keychain,keys_to_gen,passphrase=passphrase)
         self.log('I built this keychain!',dict_format(keychain,tab=2))
-
-        # b64ize?
-        for k,v in keychain.items(): keychain[k]=b64encode(v)
+        
         
         # save keys!
         # get URI id to save under (except for pubkeys, accessible by name)
diff --git a/komrade/utils.py b/komrade/utils.py
index ee6573a..baf7788 100644
--- a/komrade/utils.py
+++ b/komrade/utils.py
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ def do_pause():
 
 
 def dict_format(d, tab=0):
+    def repr(v):
+        if type(v)==bytes and not isBase64(v):
+            return b64encode(v)
+        return v
+
     s = ['{\n']
     for k,v in sorted(d.items()):
         if isinstance(v, dict):
@@ -41,7 +46,7 @@ def dict_format(d, tab=0):
             v = repr(v)
 
         # s.append('%s%r: %s (%s),\n' % ('  '*tab, k, v, type(v).__name__))
-        s.append('%s%r: %s,\n\n' % ('  '*tab, k, v))
+        s.append('%s%r: %s,\n\n' % ('  '*tab, k, repr(v)))
     s.append('%s}' % ('  '*tab))
     return ''.join(s)