diff --git a/src/angular/components/register.component.ts b/src/angular/components/register.component.ts
index 75df514fe4..d8aedf0e0b 100644
--- a/src/angular/components/register.component.ts
+++ b/src/angular/components/register.component.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export class RegisterComponent {
 
         this.name = this.name === '' ? null : this.name;
         this.email = this.email.toLowerCase();
-        const kdf = KdfType.PBKDF2;
+        const kdf = KdfType.PBKDF2_SHA256;
         const kdfIterations = 5000;
         const key = await this.cryptoService.makeKey(this.masterPassword, this.email, kdf, kdfIterations);
         const encKey = await this.cryptoService.makeEncKey(key);
diff --git a/src/services/crypto.service.ts b/src/services/crypto.service.ts
index dc0890eb31..c66db4c364 100644
--- a/src/services/crypto.service.ts
+++ b/src/services/crypto.service.ts
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ export class CryptoService implements CryptoServiceAbstraction {
     async makeKey(password: string, salt: string, kdf: KdfType, kdfIterations: number):
         Promise<SymmetricCryptoKey> {
         let key: ArrayBuffer = null;
-        if (kdf == null || kdf === KdfType.PBKDF2) {
+        if (kdf == null || kdf === KdfType.PBKDF2_SHA256) {
             if (kdfIterations == null) {
                 kdfIterations = 5000;
             } else if (kdfIterations < 5000) {