diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ae5828e..73fc4e4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ TODO
 3. Download [Soapbox](https://dl.soapbox.pub/) or another web-based Mastodon client of your choice.
 4. Put the frontend files inside the `public` directory.
 5. Create an `.env` file.
-6. Define `DITTO_NSEC=<value>` in your .env file. You can generate an nsec by installing [nak](https://github.com/fiatjaf/nak) and running `nak key generate | nak encode nsec`.
+6. Define `DITTO_NSEC=<value>` in your .env file. You can generate an nsec by running `deno task nsec`.
 7. Run `deno task dev`.
 
 ## License
diff --git a/deno.json b/deno.json
index a552b64..99f1eb0 100644
--- a/deno.json
+++ b/deno.json
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
     "debug": "deno run -A --unstable-ffi --inspect src/server.ts",
     "test": "DB_PATH=\":memory:\" deno test -A --unstable-ffi",
     "check": "deno check src/server.ts",
-    "relays:sync": "deno run -A --unstable-ffi scripts/relays.ts sync"
+    "relays:sync": "deno run -A --unstable-ffi scripts/relays.ts sync",
+    "nsec": "deno run scripts/nsec.ts"
   },
   "exclude": ["./public"],
   "imports": { "@/": "./src/", "@soapbox/nspec": "jsr:@soapbox/nspec@^0.8.1", "~/fixtures/": "./fixtures/" },
diff --git a/scripts/nsec.ts b/scripts/nsec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0da325
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/nsec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import { generateSecretKey, nip19 } from 'npm:nostr-tools';
+
+const sk = generateSecretKey();
+const nsec = nip19.nsecEncode(sk);
+
+console.log(nsec);