diff --git a/backend/src/activitypub/actors/index.ts b/backend/src/activitypub/actors/index.ts
index 7156827..cd89ef5 100644
--- a/backend/src/activitypub/actors/index.ts
+++ b/backend/src/activitypub/actors/index.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { generateUserKey } from 'wildebeest/backend/src/utils/key-ops'
 import { type APObject, sanitizeContent, getTextContent } from '../objects'
 import { addPeer } from 'wildebeest/backend/src/activitypub/peers'
 import { type Database } from 'wildebeest/backend/src/database'
+import { Buffer } from 'buffer'
 
 const PERSON = 'Person'
 const isTesting = typeof jest !== 'undefined'
@@ -158,7 +159,7 @@ export async function createPerson(
 	// Since D1 and better-sqlite3 behaviors don't exactly match, presumable
 	// because Buffer support is different in Node/Worker. We have to transform
 	// the values depending on the platform.
-	if (isTesting) {
+	if (isTesting || db.client === 'neon') {
 		privkey = Buffer.from(userKeyPair.wrappedPrivKey)
 		salt = Buffer.from(userKeyPair.salt)
 	} else {
diff --git a/backend/src/database/d1.ts b/backend/src/database/d1.ts
index a512d97..ba6af22 100644
--- a/backend/src/database/d1.ts
+++ b/backend/src/database/d1.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ const qb: QueryBuilder = {
 export default function make({ DATABASE }: Pick<Env, 'DATABASE'>): Database {
 	const db = DATABASE as any
 	db.qb = qb
+	db.client = 'd1'
 
 	return db as Database
 }
diff --git a/backend/src/database/index.ts b/backend/src/database/index.ts
index 0e854fc..edcc402 100644
--- a/backend/src/database/index.ts
+++ b/backend/src/database/index.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export interface Database {
 	batch<T = unknown>(statements: PreparedStatement[]): Promise<Result<T>[]>
 	exec<T = unknown>(query: string): Promise<Result<T>>
 	qb: QueryBuilder
+	client: string
 }
 
 export interface PreparedStatement {
diff --git a/backend/src/database/neon.ts b/backend/src/database/neon.ts
index 802c270..235ded5 100644
--- a/backend/src/database/neon.ts
+++ b/backend/src/database/neon.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ export default async function make(env: Pick<Env, 'NEON_DATABASE_URL'>): Promise
 	await client.connect()
 
 	return {
+		client: 'neon',
 		qb,
 
 		prepare(query: string) {
diff --git a/backend/src/mastodon/account.ts b/backend/src/mastodon/account.ts
index 7c81612..170b675 100644
--- a/backend/src/mastodon/account.ts
+++ b/backend/src/mastodon/account.ts
@@ -89,5 +89,12 @@ SELECT
 export async function getSigningKey(instanceKey: string, db: Database, actor: Actor): Promise<CryptoKey> {
 	const stmt = db.prepare('SELECT privkey, privkey_salt FROM actors WHERE id=?').bind(actor.id.toString())
 	const { privkey, privkey_salt } = (await stmt.first()) as any
-	return unwrapPrivateKey(instanceKey, new Uint8Array(privkey), new Uint8Array(privkey_salt))
+
+	if (privkey.buffer && privkey_salt.buffer) {
+		// neon.tech
+		return unwrapPrivateKey(instanceKey, new Uint8Array(privkey.buffer), new Uint8Array(privkey_salt.buffer))
+	} else {
+		// D1
+		return unwrapPrivateKey(instanceKey, new Uint8Array(privkey), new Uint8Array(privkey_salt))
+	}
 }
diff --git a/consumer/wrangler.toml b/consumer/wrangler.toml
index 7a861f3..8d2045f 100644
--- a/consumer/wrangler.toml
+++ b/consumer/wrangler.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 compatibility_date = "2023-01-09"
 main = "./src/index.ts"
 usage_model = "unbound"
+node_compat = true
diff --git a/wrangler.toml b/wrangler.toml
index 6dd839d..ea7d914 100644
--- a/wrangler.toml
+++ b/wrangler.toml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 name = "wildebeest"
 main = "src/index.ts"
 compatibility_date = "2022-12-05"
+node_compat = true
 
 # Specify your account id here so that all commands run agains the correct account.
 # account_id = "<your account id>"