From 814059fcecc1150d0a0dab5837da1165de49aed0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: fiatjaf <fiatjaf@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 11:11:57 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] also use the default key as the bunker client key if nothing
 else is provided.

---
 helpers_key.go | 2 +-
 main.go        | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/helpers_key.go b/helpers_key.go
index 3a39583..f862d14 100644
--- a/helpers_key.go
+++ b/helpers_key.go
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func gatherSecretKeyOrBunkerFromArguments(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command) (
 				return nostr.SecretKey{}, nil, fmt.Errorf("bunker client key '%s' is invalid: %w", clientKeyHex, err)
 			}
 		} else {
-			clientKey = nostr.Generate()
+			clientKey = defaultKey()
 		}
 
 		logverbose("[nip46]: connecting to %s with client key %s\n", bunkerURL, clientKey.Hex())
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 778c01c..732b155 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ var defaultKeyFlags = []cli.Flag{
 	&cli.StringFlag{
 		Name:        "connect-as",
 		Usage:       "private key to use when communicating with nip46 bunkers",
-		DefaultText: "a random key",
+		DefaultText: "the default key (see `nak key default`)",
 		Category:    CATEGORY_SIGNER,
 		Sources:     cli.EnvVars("NOSTR_CLIENT_KEY"),
 	},