diff --git a/src/context/GlobalProvider.tsx b/src/context/GlobalProvider.tsx
index 9bbf986..e6d5e2d 100644
--- a/src/context/GlobalProvider.tsx
+++ b/src/context/GlobalProvider.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import React, { createContext, useContext, useMemo } from "react";
 import { useAuth, UseAuthProps } from "../hooks/useAuth";
 import { useResources } from "../hooks/useResources";
 import { useAppInfo } from "../hooks/useAppInfo";
-import { addAndEncryptSymmetricKeys, IdentifierBuilder } from "../utils/encryption";
+import { addAndEncryptSymmetricKeys, decryptWithSymmetricKeys, encryptWithSymmetricKeys, IdentifierBuilder } from "../utils/encryption";
 import { useIdentifiers } from "../hooks/useIdentifiers";
 import { objectToBase64 } from "../utils/base64";
 import { base64ToObject } from "../utils/publish";
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ import { base64ToObject } from "../utils/publish";
 const utils = {
   objectToBase64,
   base64ToObject,
-  addAndEncryptSymmetricKeys
+  addAndEncryptSymmetricKeys,
+  encryptWithSymmetricKeys,
+  decryptWithSymmetricKeys
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/utils/encryption.ts b/src/utils/encryption.ts
index 489485c..19f732b 100644
--- a/src/utils/encryption.ts
+++ b/src/utils/encryption.ts
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ export const addAndEncryptSymmetricKeys = async ({
 }) => {
   try {
     let highestKey = 0;
-    if (previousData) {
+    if (previousData && Object.keys(previousData)?.length > 0) {
       highestKey = Math.max(
         ...Object.keys(previousData || {})
           .filter((item) => !isNaN(+item))
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ export const addAndEncryptSymmetricKeys = async ({
     });
 
     if (encryptedData) {
-      return encryptedData;
+      return {encryptedData, publicKeys: groupmemberPublicKeys, symmetricKeys: objectToSave};
     } else {
       throw new Error("Cannot encrypt content");
     }
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ export const addAndEncryptSymmetricKeys = async ({
 };
 
 export const encryptWithSymmetricKeys = async ({
-  data64,
+  base64,
   secretKeyObject,
   typeNumber = 2,
 }: any) => {
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ export const encryptWithSymmetricKeys = async ({
   const highestKeyObject = secretKeyObject[highestKey];
 
   // Convert data and keys from base64
-  const Uint8ArrayData = base64ToUint8Array(data64);
+  const Uint8ArrayData = base64ToUint8Array(base64);
   const messageKey = base64ToUint8Array(highestKeyObject.messageKey);
 
   if (!(Uint8ArrayData instanceof Uint8Array)) {
@@ -294,11 +294,11 @@ export const encryptWithSymmetricKeys = async ({
   return finalEncryptedData;
 };
 
-interface SecretKeyValue {
+export interface SecretKeyValue {
   messageKey: string;
 }
 
-export const decryptSingle = async ({
+export const decryptWithSymmetricKeys = async ({
   base64,
   secretKeyObject,
 }: {