diff --git a/kibicara/platforms/email/bot.py b/kibicara/platforms/email/bot.py
index 18ae272..a2da758 100644
--- a/kibicara/platforms/email/bot.py
+++ b/kibicara/platforms/email/bot.py
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@
 
 from kibicara.platforms.email.model import EmailRecipients, Email
 from kibicara.model import Hood
-from kibicara.platformapi import Censor, Spawner, Message
+from kibicara.platformapi import Censor, Spawner
 from kibicara.email import send_email
 from kibicara.config import config
-import jwt
+from nacl.encoding import URLSafeBase64Encoder
+from nacl.secret import SecretBox
 
 
 class EmailBot(Censor):
@@ -25,13 +26,15 @@ class EmailBot(Censor):
                     'email': recipient.email,
                     'hood': self.model.hood,
                 }
-                token = jwt.encode(json, self.model.secret).decode('ascii')
+                secretbox = SecretBox(Email.secret)
+                token = secretbox.encrypt(json, encoder=URLSafeBase64Encoder)
+                asciitoken = token.decode('ascii')
                 unsubscribe_link = (
                     config['root_url']
                     + 'api/'
                     + self.model.id
                     + '/email/unsubscribe/'
-                    + token
+                    + asciitoken
                 )
                 message.text += (
                     "\n\n--\nIf you want to stop receiving these mails, "
diff --git a/kibicara/platforms/email/webapi.py b/kibicara/platforms/email/webapi.py
index c772305..73e408f 100644
--- a/kibicara/platforms/email/webapi.py
+++ b/kibicara/platforms/email/webapi.py
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ from kibicara.webapi.hoods import get_hood
 from ormantic.exceptions import NoMatch
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 from sqlite3 import IntegrityError
-import jwt
+from nacl.encoding import URLSafeBase64Encoder
+from nacl.secret import SecretBox
 from os import urandom
 
 
@@ -70,9 +71,11 @@ async def email_delete(hood=Depends(get_hood)):
 
 @hood_router.post('/recipient/')
 async def email_recipient_create(recipient: Recipient, hood=Depends(get_hood)):
-    token = jwt.encode({'email': recipient.email}, Email.secret).decode('ascii')
+    secretbox = SecretBox(Email.secret)
+    token = secretbox.encrypt({'email': recipient.email,}, encoder=URLSafeBase64Encoder)
+    asciitoken = token.decode('ascii')
     confirm_link = (
-        config['root_url'] + "api/" + hood.id + "/email/recipient/confirm/" + token
+        config['root_url'] + "api/" + hood.id + "/email/recipient/confirm/" + asciitoken
     )
     send_email(
         recipient.email,
@@ -85,7 +88,8 @@ async def email_recipient_create(recipient: Recipient, hood=Depends(get_hood)):
 
 @hood_router.post('/recipient/confirm/{token}')
 async def email_recipient_confirm(token, hood=Depends(get_hood)):
-    json = jwt.decode(token, Email.secret)
+    secretbox = SecretBox(Email.secret)
+    json = secretbox.decrypt(token.encode('ascii'), encoder=URLSafeBase64Encoder)
     try:
         await EmailRecipients.objects.create(hood=hood.id, email=json['email'])
         return status.HTTP_201_CREATED
@@ -95,7 +99,8 @@ async def email_recipient_confirm(token, hood=Depends(get_hood)):
 
 @hood_router.get('/unsubscribe/{token}', status_code=status.HTTP_200_OK)
 async def email_recipient_unsubscribe(token, hood=Depends(get_hood)):
-    json = jwt.decode(token)
+    secretbox = SecretBox(Email.secret)
+    json = secretbox.decrypt(token.encode('ascii'), encoder=URLSafeBase64Encoder)
     if hood.id is not json['hood']:
         raise HTTPException(status_code=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
     await EmailRecipients.objects.delete_many(hood=json['hood'], email=json['email'])
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 50af4c9..e2cd0e1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -28,6 +28,5 @@ setup(
         'pytoml',
         'requests',
         'scrypt',
-        'PyJWT',
     ],
 )