diff --git a/utils/crypto.py b/utils/crypto.py
index 81ef793d..4ae16bb6 100644
--- a/utils/crypto.py
+++ b/utils/crypto.py
@@ -19,25 +19,23 @@ def encrypt_text(text: str, secret_key: str | bytes) -> str:
     if isinstance(secret_key, str):
         secret_key = secret_key.encode("utf-8")
     cipher = AES.new(secret_key.ljust(32)[:32], AES.MODE_CBC, iv)
-    encoded_text = text.encode("utf-8")
+    encoded_text = zlib.compress(text.encode("utf-8"))
     encrypted_data = cipher.encrypt(
         encoded_text + b"\0" * (16 - len(encoded_text) % 16)
     )
-    compressed_data = zlib.compress(iv + encrypted_data)
-    encrypted_str = urlsafe_b64encode(compressed_data).decode("utf-8")
+    encrypted_str = urlsafe_b64encode(iv + encrypted_data).decode("utf-8")
     return encrypted_str
 
 
 def decrypt_text(secret_str: str, secret_key: str | bytes) -> str:
     decoded_data = urlsafe_b64decode(secret_str)
-    encrypted_data = zlib.decompress(decoded_data)
-    iv = encrypted_data[:16]
+    iv = decoded_data[:16]
     if isinstance(secret_key, str):
         secret_key = secret_key.encode("utf-8")
     cipher = AES.new(secret_key.ljust(32)[:32], AES.MODE_CBC, iv)
-    decrypted_data = cipher.decrypt(encrypted_data[16:])
+    decrypted_data = cipher.decrypt(decoded_data[16:])
     decrypted_data = decrypted_data.rstrip(b"\0")
-    return decrypted_data.decode("utf-8")
+    return zlib.decompress(decrypted_data).decode("utf-8")
 
 
 def encrypt_user_data(user_data: UserData) -> str: