diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/Amethyst.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/Amethyst.kt
index a16fde1b4..74927d4a1 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/Amethyst.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/Amethyst.kt
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import android.os.StrictMode
 import android.os.StrictMode.ThreadPolicy
 import android.os.StrictMode.VmPolicy
 import android.util.Log
+import androidx.security.crypto.EncryptedSharedPreferences
 import coil.ImageLoader
 import coil.disk.DiskCache
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.service.playback.VideoCache
@@ -87,6 +88,10 @@ class Amethyst : Application() {
         return ImageLoader.Builder(applicationContext).diskCache { imageCache }
     }
 
+    fun encryptedStorage(npub: String? = null): EncryptedSharedPreferences {
+        return EncryptedStorage.preferences(instance, npub)
+    }
+
     companion object {
         lateinit var instance: Amethyst
             private set
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/EncryptedStorage.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/EncryptedStorage.kt
index 9d6b15dad..130658ecf 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/EncryptedStorage.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/EncryptedStorage.kt
@@ -20,32 +20,35 @@
  */
 package com.vitorpamplona.amethyst
 
+import android.content.Context
 import androidx.security.crypto.EncryptedSharedPreferences
 import androidx.security.crypto.MasterKey
 
-object EncryptedStorage {
-    private const val PREFERENCES_NAME = "secret_keeper"
+class EncryptedStorage {
+    companion object {
+        private const val PREFERENCES_NAME = "secret_keeper"
 
-    // returns the preferences for each account or a global file if null.
-    fun prefsFileName(npub: String? = null): String {
-        return if (npub == null) PREFERENCES_NAME else "${PREFERENCES_NAME}_$npub"
-    }
+        // returns the preferences for each account or a global file if null.
+        fun prefsFileName(npub: String? = null): String {
+            return if (npub == null) PREFERENCES_NAME else "${PREFERENCES_NAME}_$npub"
+        }
 
-    fun preferences(npub: String? = null): EncryptedSharedPreferences {
-        val context = Amethyst.instance
-        val masterKey: MasterKey =
-            MasterKey.Builder(context, MasterKey.DEFAULT_MASTER_KEY_ALIAS)
-                .setKeyScheme(MasterKey.KeyScheme.AES256_GCM)
-                .build()
+        fun preferences(
+            applicationContext: Context,
+            npub: String? = null,
+        ): EncryptedSharedPreferences {
+            val masterKey: MasterKey =
+                MasterKey.Builder(applicationContext, MasterKey.DEFAULT_MASTER_KEY_ALIAS)
+                    .setKeyScheme(MasterKey.KeyScheme.AES256_GCM)
+                    .build()
 
-        val preferencesName = prefsFileName(npub)
-
-        return EncryptedSharedPreferences.create(
-            context,
-            preferencesName,
-            masterKey,
-            EncryptedSharedPreferences.PrefKeyEncryptionScheme.AES256_SIV,
-            EncryptedSharedPreferences.PrefValueEncryptionScheme.AES256_GCM,
-        ) as EncryptedSharedPreferences
+            return EncryptedSharedPreferences.create(
+                applicationContext,
+                prefsFileName(npub),
+                masterKey,
+                EncryptedSharedPreferences.PrefKeyEncryptionScheme.AES256_SIV,
+                EncryptedSharedPreferences.PrefValueEncryptionScheme.AES256_GCM,
+            ) as EncryptedSharedPreferences
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/LocalPreferences.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/LocalPreferences.kt
index b553a33d2..178c1a514 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/LocalPreferences.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/LocalPreferences.kt
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ object LocalPreferences {
                 if (npub == null) DEBUG_PREFERENCES_NAME else "${DEBUG_PREFERENCES_NAME}_$npub"
             Amethyst.instance.getSharedPreferences(preferenceFile, Context.MODE_PRIVATE)
         } else {
-            return EncryptedStorage.preferences(npub)
+            return Amethyst.instance.encryptedStorage(npub)
         }
     }