diff --git a/iroh-base/src/key.rs b/iroh-base/src/key.rs
index 1688f88091..7d62a146bf 100644
--- a/iroh-base/src/key.rs
+++ b/iroh-base/src/key.rs
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ impl SecretKey {
     /// Convert to a hex string limited to the first 10 bytes for a friendly string
     /// representation of the key.
     pub fn fmt_short(&self) -> String {
-        hex::encode(self.as_bytes()).chars().take(10).collect()
+        hex::encode(self.secret.as_bytes()).chars().take(10).collect()
     }
 
     fn secret_crypto_box(&self) -> &crypto_box::SecretKey {