diff --git a/src/bin/darkfid.rs b/src/bin/darkfid.rs
index ec103ac1f..30e126641 100644
--- a/src/bin/darkfid.rs
+++ b/src/bin/darkfid.rs
@@ -349,13 +349,13 @@ impl Darkfid {
         match token.as_str() {
             Some("sol") | Some("SOL") => {
                 let id = "So11111111111111111111111111111111111111112";
-                let token_id = generate_id(&json!(id))?;
+                let token_id = generate_id(id)?;
                 Ok(token_id)
             }
             Some("btc") | Some("BTC") => Err(Error::TokenParseError),
             Some(tkn) => {
                 let id = self.symbol_to_id(tkn)?;
-                let token_id = generate_id(&id)?;
+                let token_id = generate_id(id.as_str().unwrap())?;
                 Ok(token_id)
             }
             None => Err(Error::TokenParseError),
diff --git a/src/util.rs b/src/util.rs
index aaf323b82..052c5ad45 100644
--- a/src/util.rs
+++ b/src/util.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 use log::debug;
-use serde_json::Value;
 use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
@@ -40,8 +39,7 @@ pub fn join_config_path(file: &Path) -> Result<PathBuf> {
 
 // here we hash the alphanumeric token ID. if it fails, we change the last 4 bytes and hash it
 // again, and keep repeating until it works.
-pub fn generate_id(token: &Value) -> Result<jubjub::Fr> {
-    let tkn_str = token.as_str().unwrap();
+pub fn generate_id(tkn_str: &str) -> Result<jubjub::Fr> {
     if bs58::decode(tkn_str).into_vec().is_err() {
         // TODO: make this an error
         debug!(target: "PARSE ID", "COULD NOT DECODE STR");