diff --git a/API/Program.cs b/API/Program.cs
index e59a9fbb0..3bee9e202 100644
--- a/API/Program.cs
+++ b/API/Program.cs
@@ -35,11 +35,13 @@ namespace API
         
         public static async Task Main(string[] args)
         {
+            Console.OutputEncoding = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8;
+
             // Before anything, check if JWT has been generated properly or if user still has default
             if (!Configuration.CheckIfJwtTokenSet(GetAppSettingFilename()) && Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT") != Environments.Development)
             {
                 Console.WriteLine("Generating JWT TokenKey for encrypting user sessions...");
-                var rBytes = new byte[24];
+                var rBytes = new byte[128];
                 using (var crypto = new RNGCryptoServiceProvider()) crypto.GetBytes(rBytes);
                 var base64 = Convert.ToBase64String(rBytes).Replace("/", "");
                 Configuration.UpdateJwtToken(GetAppSettingFilename(), base64);