diff --git a/ExtLibs/Utilities/SignedFW.cs b/ExtLibs/Utilities/SignedFW.cs
index 75eb7079dd..ce04882082 100644
--- a/ExtLibs/Utilities/SignedFW.cs
+++ b/ExtLibs/Utilities/SignedFW.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 using Org.BouncyCastle.Crypto.Digests;
 using Org.BouncyCastle.Crypto.Generators;
 using Org.BouncyCastle.Crypto.Parameters;
+using Org.BouncyCastle.Crypto.Prng;
 using Org.BouncyCastle.Security;
 
 namespace MissionPlanner.Utilities
@@ -29,6 +30,20 @@ public static AsymmetricCipherKeyPair GenerateKey()
             return keyPairg;
         }
 
+        public static AsymmetricCipherKeyPair GenerateKey(byte[] knownseed)
+        {
+            //Creating Random
+            var secureRandom = new SecureRandom(new preseedrandom(knownseed));
+
+            //Parameters creation using the random and keysize
+            var keyGenParam = new KeyGenerationParameters(secureRandom, 256);
+
+            var generator = new Ed25519KeyPairGenerator();
+            generator.Init(keyGenParam);
+            AsymmetricCipherKeyPair keyPairg = generator.GenerateKeyPair();
+            return keyPairg;
+        }
+
         public static byte[] CreateSignedBL(AsymmetricCipherKeyPair keyPair, string filename)
         {
             var descriptor = new byte[] { 0x4e, 0xcf, 0x4e, 0xa5, 0xa6, 0xb6, 0xf7, 0x29 };
@@ -124,5 +139,35 @@ public static byte[] CreateSignedAPJ(AsymmetricCipherKeyPair keyPair, string fil
 
             return System.Text.ASCIIEncoding.ASCII.GetBytes(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(d, Formatting.Indented));
         }
+
+        private class preseedrandom : IRandomGenerator
+        {
+            private byte[] knownseed;
+
+            public preseedrandom(byte[] knownseed)
+            {
+                this.knownseed = knownseed;
+            }
+
+            public void AddSeedMaterial(byte[] seed)
+            {
+                throw new NotImplementedException();
+            }
+
+            public void AddSeedMaterial(long seed)
+            {
+                throw new NotImplementedException();
+            }
+
+            public void NextBytes(byte[] bytes)
+            {
+                Array.Copy(knownseed, bytes, bytes.Length);
+            }
+
+            public void NextBytes(byte[] bytes, int start, int len)
+            {
+                throw new NotImplementedException();
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/GCSViews/ConfigurationView/ConfigSecureAP.cs b/GCSViews/ConfigurationView/ConfigSecureAP.cs
index 1e4662b587..c5bb2aa4c5 100644
--- a/GCSViews/ConfigurationView/ConfigSecureAP.cs
+++ b/GCSViews/ConfigurationView/ConfigSecureAP.cs
@@ -29,14 +29,23 @@ public ConfigSecureAP()
 
         private void but_privkey_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
         {
-            openFileDialog1.DefaultExt = ".pem";
-            openFileDialog1.Filter = "*.pem|*.pem";
+            openFileDialog1.DefaultExt = ".pem;.dat";
+            openFileDialog1.Filter = "*.pem;*.dat|*.pem;*.dat";
             if (openFileDialog1.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
             {
                 var pem = File.ReadAllText(openFileDialog1.FileName);
-                PemReader pr = new PemReader(new StringReader(pem));
-                var key = (Ed25519PrivateKeyParameters)pr.ReadObject();
-                keyPair = new AsymmetricCipherKeyPair(key.GeneratePublicKey(), key);
+                if (pem.Contains("PRIVATE_KEYV1"))
+                {
+                    pem = pem.Replace("PRIVATE_KEYV1:", "");
+                    var keyap = Convert.FromBase64String(pem);
+                    keyPair = SignedFW.GenerateKey(keyap);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    PemReader pr = new PemReader(new StringReader(pem));
+                    var key = (Ed25519PrivateKeyParameters)pr.ReadObject();
+                    keyPair = new AsymmetricCipherKeyPair(key.GeneratePublicKey(), key);
+                }                
                 txt_pubkey.Text = Convert.ToBase64String(((Ed25519PublicKeyParameters)keyPair.Public).GetEncoded());
             }
         }
@@ -92,6 +101,10 @@ private void but_generatekey_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
             if (sfd.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
             {
                 File.WriteAllText(sfd.FileName, privatekey);
+
+                File.WriteAllText(sfd.FileName.Replace(".pem", "_private_key.dat"), "PRIVATE_KEYV1:" + Convert.ToBase64String(((Ed25519PrivateKeyParameters)keyPair.Private).GetEncoded()));
+                File.WriteAllText(sfd.FileName.Replace(".pem", "_public_key.dat"), "PUBLIC_KEYV1:" + Convert.ToBase64String(((Ed25519PublicKeyParameters)keyPair.Public).GetEncoded()));
+
                 txt_pubkey.Text = Convert.ToBase64String(((Ed25519PublicKeyParameters)keyPair.Public).GetEncoded());
                 CustomMessageBox.Show("Protect your private key, if lost there is no method to get it back.");
             }