diff --git a/src/core/api.js b/src/core/api.js
index 05d20511..d78fd1d2 100644
--- a/src/core/api.js
+++ b/src/core/api.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { apiJSON, checkJSONPost, getIP, languageCode } from "../modules/sub/util
 import { Bright, Cyan } from "../modules/sub/consoleText.js";
 import stream from "../modules/stream/stream.js";
 import loc from "../localization/manager.js";
-import { sha256 } from "../modules/sub/crypto.js";
+import { generateHmac } from "../modules/sub/crypto.js";
 import { verifyStream } from "../modules/stream/manage.js";
 
 export function runAPI(express, app, gitCommit, gitBranch, __dirname) {
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export function runAPI(express, app, gitCommit, gitBranch, __dirname) {
         max: 20,
         standardHeaders: true,
         legacyHeaders: false,
-        keyGenerator: req => sha256(getIP(req), ipSalt),
+        keyGenerator: req => generateHmac(getIP(req), ipSalt),
         handler: (req, res, next, opt) => {
             return res.status(429).json({
                 "status": "rate-limit",
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export function runAPI(express, app, gitCommit, gitBranch, __dirname) {
         max: 25,
         standardHeaders: true,
         legacyHeaders: false,
-        keyGenerator: req => sha256(getIP(req), ipSalt),
+        keyGenerator: req => generateHmac(getIP(req), ipSalt),
         handler: (req, res, next, opt) => {
             return res.status(429).json({
                 "status": "rate-limit",
diff --git a/src/modules/stream/manage.js b/src/modules/stream/manage.js
index b731c0b8..32fa5fb5 100644
--- a/src/modules/stream/manage.js
+++ b/src/modules/stream/manage.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import NodeCache from "node-cache";
 import { randomBytes } from "crypto";
 import { nanoid } from 'nanoid';
 
-import { decryptStream, encryptStream, sha256 } from "../sub/crypto.js";
+import { decryptStream, encryptStream, generateHmac } from "../sub/crypto.js";
 import { streamLifespan } from "../config.js";
 
 const streamCache = new NodeCache({
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export function createStream(obj) {
         iv = randomBytes(16).toString('base64'),
         secret = randomBytes(256).toString('base64'),
         exp = new Date().getTime() + streamLifespan,
-        hmac = sha256(`${streamID},${exp},${iv},${secret}`, hmacSalt),
+        hmac = generateHmac(`${streamID},${exp},${iv},${secret}`, hmacSalt),
         streamData = {
             exp: exp,
             type: obj.type,
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export function createStream(obj) {
 
 export function verifyStream(id, hmac, exp, secret, iv) {
     try {
-        const ghmac = sha256(`${id},${exp},${iv},${secret}`, hmacSalt);
+        const ghmac = generateHmac(`${id},${exp},${iv},${secret}`, hmacSalt);
 
         if (ghmac !== String(hmac)) {
             return {
diff --git a/src/modules/sub/crypto.js b/src/modules/sub/crypto.js
index 70484f4f..7e312789 100644
--- a/src/modules/sub/crypto.js
+++ b/src/modules/sub/crypto.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { createHmac, createCipheriv, createDecipheriv, scryptSync } from "crypto
 const algorithm = "aes256"
 const keyLength = 32;
 
-export function sha256(str, salt) {
+export function generateHmac(str, salt) {
     return createHmac("sha256", salt).update(str).digest("base64");
 }