diff --git a/cli/helpers.js b/cli/helpers.js
index ed7e05d..fa795ae 100644
--- a/cli/helpers.js
+++ b/cli/helpers.js
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ function getPassword(positionalArguments) {
         exitEarly("Missing password: please provide an argument or set the STATICRYPT_PASSWORD environment variable in the environment or .env file");
     }
 
-    return positionalArguments[1];
+    return positionalArguments[1].toString();
 }
 exports.getPassword = getPassword;
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 6e662e0..3696597 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "staticrypt",
-  "version": "2.3.2",
+  "version": "2.3.3",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "staticrypt",
-      "version": "2.3.2",
+      "version": "2.3.3",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "crypto-js": "3.1.9-1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 24c27d5..ac10770 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "staticrypt",
-  "version": "2.3.2",
+  "version": "2.3.3",
   "description": "Based on the [crypto-js](https://github.com/brix/crypto-js) library, StatiCrypt uses AES-256 to encrypt your input with your passphrase and put it in a HTML file with a password prompt that can decrypted in-browser (client side).",
   "main": "index.js",
   "files": [