diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1c06b247..21f06fcf 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
     "commander": "^12.0.0",
     "env-paths": "^3.0.0",
     "inquirer": "8.0.0",
-    "lodash.clonedeep": "^4.5.0",
     "mkdirp": "^3.0.1",
     "winston": "^3.13.0",
     "x25519": "^0.1.0"
diff --git a/src/common/masking.ts b/src/common/masking.ts
index ae9aa07f..3ee66295 100644
--- a/src/common/masking.ts
+++ b/src/common/masking.ts
@@ -1,37 +1,38 @@
-import cloneDeep from 'lodash.clonedeep'
-
-const DEFAULT_MASKED_FIELDS = [
+const PREFIX = 'data:application/UI8A;base64,'
+const DEFAULT_MASKED_FIELDS = new Set([
   'seed',
   'secretKey',
   'addressRaw',
-];
+]);
 
 export function maskPayload (payload: any): any {
-  if (typeof payload === 'string') return payload
-
-  const clonedPayload = cloneDeep(payload);
-  const maskedPayload = {}
+  if (
+    typeof payload === 'string' ||
+    typeof payload === 'boolean' ||
+    payload === null
+  ) return payload
 
-  if (!clonedPayload) {
-    return clonedPayload;
-  }
+  const maskedPayload = Array.isArray(payload)
+    ? []
+    : {}
 
   // maskJSONFields doesn't handle nested objects very well so we'll
   // need to recursively walk to object and mask them one by one
-  for (const [property, value] of Object.entries(clonedPayload)) {
-    if (value && typeof value === 'object') {
-      if (Object.keys(clonedPayload[property]).filter(key => isNaN(parseInt(key))).length === 0) {
-        const reconstructedUintArr: number[] = Object.values(clonedPayload[property])
-        maskedPayload[property] = "base64:" + Buffer.from(reconstructedUintArr).toString("base64");
-      } else {
-        maskedPayload[property] = maskPayload(value);
-      }
-    } else if (value && typeof value === 'string' && DEFAULT_MASKED_FIELDS.includes(property)) {
-      maskedPayload[property] = "*".repeat(clonedPayload[property].length)
-    } else {
-      maskedPayload[property] = value
+  return Object.entries(payload).reduce((acc, [property, value]) => {
+    if (DEFAULT_MASKED_FIELDS.has(property)) {
+      // @ts-expect-error .length does not exist on type "unknown"
+      acc[property] = "*".repeat(value?.length || 32)
+    }
+    else if (value instanceof Uint8Array) {
+      acc[property] = PREFIX + Buffer.from(value).toString('base64')
+    }
+    else if (typeof value === 'object') {
+      acc[property] = maskPayload(value);
+    }
+    else {
+      acc[property] = value
     }
-  }
 
-  return maskedPayload;
+    return acc
+  }, maskedPayload)
 }
diff --git a/tests/common.test.ts b/tests/common.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8ec05314
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/common.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import test from 'tape'
+
+import { maskPayload } from '../src/common/masking'
+
+test('common/masking', async (t) => {
+
+  t.deepEqual(
+    maskPayload('dog'),
+    'dog',
+    'handles string'
+  )
+
+  t.deepEqual(
+    maskPayload(null),
+    null,
+    'handles null'
+  )
+
+  t.deepEqual(
+    maskPayload(true),
+    true,
+    'handles bool'
+  )
+
+  const buildPayload = () => {
+    return {
+      nested: {
+        seed: 'secrets',
+        secretKey: new Uint8Array([1,2,3]),
+        publicKey: new Uint8Array([4,5,6]),
+        arr: ['a', 'b', 'c'],
+        obj: { "0": 17, "1": 23 }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  const payload = buildPayload()
+  const expected = {
+    nested: {
+      seed: '*'.repeat('secrets'.length),
+      secretKey: '***',
+      publicKey: 'data:application/UI8A;base64,BAUG',
+      arr: ['a', 'b', 'c'],
+      obj: { "0": 17, "1": 23 }
+    }
+  }
+  t.deepEqual(maskPayload(payload), expected, 'nested mess')
+  t.deepEqual(payload, buildPayload(), 'maskPayload does not mutate')
+
+
+  t.deepEqual(maskPayload([payload, payload]), [expected, expected], 'arrays')
+
+  t.end()
+})
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 53eef8ff..96dd29ae 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2658,11 +2658,6 @@ locate-path@^6.0.0:
   dependencies:
     p-locate "^5.0.0"
 
-lodash.clonedeep@^4.5.0:
-  version "4.5.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.clonedeep/-/lodash.clonedeep-4.5.0.tgz#e23f3f9c4f8fbdde872529c1071857a086e5ccef"
-  integrity sha512-H5ZhCF25riFd9uB5UCkVKo61m3S/xZk1x4wA6yp/L3RFP6Z/eHH1ymQcGLo7J3GMPfm0V/7m1tryHuGVxpqEBQ==
-
 lodash.merge@^4.6.2:
   version "4.6.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.merge/-/lodash.merge-4.6.2.tgz#558aa53b43b661e1925a0afdfa36a9a1085fe57a"