diff --git a/ProjectLighthouse/Helpers/CryptoHelper.cs b/ProjectLighthouse/Helpers/CryptoHelper.cs
index cfa896a21..58a5282c0 100644
--- a/ProjectLighthouse/Helpers/CryptoHelper.cs
+++ b/ProjectLighthouse/Helpers/CryptoHelper.cs
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ namespace LBPUnion.ProjectLighthouse.Helpers;
 
 public static class CryptoHelper
 {
-
-    private static readonly SHA256 sha256 = SHA256.Create();
-
     /// <summary>
     ///     Generates a random SHA256 and BCrypted token
     /// </summary>
@@ -156,7 +153,7 @@ private static bool ValuesEqual(string a, string b)
 
     public static string Sha256Hash(string str) => Sha256Hash(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(str));
 
-    public static string Sha256Hash(byte[] bytes) => BitConverter.ToString(sha256.ComputeHash(bytes)).Replace("-", "").ToLower();
+    public static string Sha256Hash(byte[] bytes) => BitConverter.ToString(SHA256.HashData(bytes)).Replace("-", "").ToLower();
 
     public static string Sha1Hash(byte[] bytes) => BitConverter.ToString(SHA1.HashData(bytes)).Replace("-", "");