diff --git a/app/main.py b/app/main.py
index 477a314..f5466af 100644
--- a/app/main.py
+++ b/app/main.py
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ class MainApp(MDApp):
             dat = await self.api.register(un)
             if 'success' in dat:
                 self.username=un
+                self.store.get('user',username=un)
                 self.root.ids.login_screen.login_status.text=dat['success']
                 self.root.ids.login_screen.login_status.theme_text_color='Custom'
                 self.root.ids.login_screen.login_status.text_color=rgb(*COLOR_ACCENT)
@@ -341,6 +342,14 @@ class MainApp(MDApp):
         if content: jsond['content']=str(content)
         if file_id: jsond['file_id']=str(file_id)
         if file_ext: jsond['file_ext']=str(file_ext)
+        self.log(f'''app.json(
+            content={content},
+            file_id={file_id},
+            file_ext={file_ext},
+            anonymous={anonymous},
+            channels={channels},
+            [username={self.username}]'''
+        )
         if not anonymous and self.username:
             jsond['author']=self.username
         jsond['to_channels']=channels
diff --git a/p2p/api.py b/p2p/api.py
index 833e0f1..8c92743 100644
--- a/p2p/api.py
+++ b/p2p/api.py
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ class Api(object):
 
             def proc(key,value):
                 self.log(f'encodeing data for {key} -> {type(value)} ...')
-                if encode_data and encrypt_for_pubkey is not None:
+                if encode_data and encrypt_for_pubkey is not None and type(value)==bytes:
                     x = self.encode_data(
                         val = value,
                         do_encrypt=True,