diff --git a/src/entities/note.js b/src/entities/note.js
index 195cbfea9..a07fa433d 100644
--- a/src/entities/note.js
+++ b/src/entities/note.js
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class Note extends Entity {
             this.isContentAvailable = protectedSessionService.isProtectedSessionAvailable();
 
             if (this.isContentAvailable) {
-                this.title = protectedSessionService.decrypt(this.title).toString();
+                this.title = protectedSessionService.decryptString(this.title);
             }
             else {
                 this.title = "[protected]";
diff --git a/src/entities/note_revision.js b/src/entities/note_revision.js
index aafef2644..72263d782 100644
--- a/src/entities/note_revision.js
+++ b/src/entities/note_revision.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class NoteRevision extends Entity {
 
         if (this.isProtected) {
             if (protectedSessionService.isProtectedSessionAvailable()) {
-                this.title = protectedSessionService.decrypt(this.title).toString();
+                this.title = protectedSessionService.decryptString(this.title);
             }
             else {
                 this.title = "[Protected]";
diff --git a/src/routes/api/recent_changes.js b/src/routes/api/recent_changes.js
index fbf6fd446..4ba99886f 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/recent_changes.js
+++ b/src/routes/api/recent_changes.js
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ async function getRecentChanges() {
     for (const change of recentChanges) {
         if (change.current_isProtected) {
             if (protectedSessionService.isProtectedSessionAvailable()) {
-                change.title = protectedSessionService.decrypt(change.title).toString();
-                change.current_title = protectedSessionService.decrypt(change.current_title).toString();
+                change.title = protectedSessionService.decryptString(change.title);
+                change.current_title = protectedSessionService.decryptString(change.current_title);
             }
             else {
                 change.title = change.current_title = "[Protected]";
diff --git a/src/services/note_cache.js b/src/services/note_cache.js
index c51991e17..3b956bcc2 100644
--- a/src/services/note_cache.js
+++ b/src/services/note_cache.js
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ async function loadProtectedNotes() {
     protectedNoteTitles = await sql.getMap(`SELECT noteId, title FROM notes WHERE isDeleted = 0 AND isProtected = 1`);
 
     for (const noteId in protectedNoteTitles) {
-        protectedNoteTitles[noteId] = protectedSessionService.decrypt(protectedNoteTitles[noteId]).toString();
+        protectedNoteTitles[noteId] = protectedSessionService.decryptString(protectedNoteTitles[noteId]);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/services/protected_session.js b/src/services/protected_session.js
index 5c71846e9..45e75d08f 100644
--- a/src/services/protected_session.js
+++ b/src/services/protected_session.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ function isProtectedSessionAvailable() {
 function decryptNotes(notes) {
     for (const note of notes) {
         if (note.isProtected) {
-            note.title = decrypt(note.title).toString();
+            note.title = decrypt(note.title);
         }
     }
 }
@@ -50,12 +50,17 @@ function decrypt(cipherText) {
     return dataEncryptionService.decrypt(getDataKey(), cipherText);
 }
 
+function decryptString(cipherText) {
+    return dataEncryptionService.decryptString(getDataKey(), cipherText);
+}
+
 module.exports = {
     setDataKey,
     getDataKey,
     isProtectedSessionAvailable,
     encrypt,
     decrypt,
+    decryptString,
     decryptNotes,
     setProtectedSessionId
 };
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