diff --git a/peach-web/Cargo.toml b/peach-web/Cargo.toml
index 94a7160..239588f 100644
--- a/peach-web/Cargo.toml
+++ b/peach-web/Cargo.toml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ chrono = "0.4"
 dirs = "4.0"
 env_logger = "0.8"
 futures = "0.3"
+#golgi = { git = "https://git.coopcloud.tech/golgi-ssb/golgi.git", branch = "dev" }
 golgi = { git = "https://git.coopcloud.tech/golgi-ssb/golgi.git" }
 lazy_static = "1.4"
 log = "0.4"
diff --git a/peach-web/src/utils/sbot.rs b/peach-web/src/utils/sbot.rs
index 1a71489..64c8bed 100644
--- a/peach-web/src/utils/sbot.rs
+++ b/peach-web/src/utils/sbot.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use std::{
 use async_std::task;
 use dirs;
 use futures::stream::TryStreamExt;
+use golgi::sbot::Keystore;
 use golgi::{api::friends::RelationshipQuery, blobs, messages::SsbMessageValue, Sbot};
 use log::debug;
 use peach_lib::config_manager::get_config_value;
@@ -67,13 +68,14 @@ pub async fn init_sbot_with_config(
 ) -> Result<Sbot, PeachWebError> {
     debug!("Initialising an sbot client with configuration parameters");
     // initialise sbot connection with ip:port and shscap from config file
+    let key_path = format!("{}/secret", get_config_value("GO_SBOT_DATADIR")?);
     let sbot_client = match sbot_config {
         // TODO: panics if we pass `Some(conf.shscap)` as second arg
         Some(conf) => {
             let ip_port = conf.lis.clone();
-            Sbot::init(Some(ip_port), None).await?
+            Sbot::init(Keystore::CustomGoSbot(key_path), Some(ip_port), None).await?
         }
-        None => Sbot::init(None, None).await?,
+        None => Sbot::init(Keystore::CustomGoSbot(key_path), None, None).await?,
     };
 
     Ok(sbot_client)