diff --git a/backend/src/services/project/project-queue.ts b/backend/src/services/project/project-queue.ts
index 8582c8289..a63f9aea8 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/project/project-queue.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/project/project-queue.ts
@@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ export const projectQueueFactory = ({
 
           const payload: TSecrets = {
             ...rawSecret.original,
+            keyEncoding: SecretKeyEncoding.UTF8,
 
             secretKeyCiphertext: secretKeyEncrypted.ciphertext,
             secretKeyIV: secretKeyEncrypted.iv,