diff --git a/packages/components/src/utils.ts b/packages/components/src/utils.ts
index 989368172..757ecc659 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/components/src/utils.ts
@@ -428,7 +428,17 @@ export const getEnvironmentVariable = (name: string): string | undefined => {
  * @returns {string}
  */
 const getEncryptionKeyFilePath = (): string => {
-    const checkPaths = [path.join(getUserHome(), '.flowise', 'encryption.key')]
+    const checkPaths = [
+        path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'encryption.key'),
+        path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'server', 'encryption.key'),
+        path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', '..', 'encryption.key'),
+        path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', '..', 'server', 'encryption.key'),
+        path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', '..', '..', 'encryption.key'),
+        path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', '..', '..', 'server', 'encryption.key'),
+        path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', '..', '..', '..', 'encryption.key'),
+        path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', '..', '..', '..', 'server', 'encryption.key'),
+        path.join(getUserHome(), '.flowise', 'encryption.key')
+    ]
     for (const checkPath of checkPaths) {
         if (fs.existsSync(checkPath)) {
             return checkPath
@@ -437,7 +447,7 @@ const getEncryptionKeyFilePath = (): string => {
     return ''
 }
 
-const getEncryptionKeyPath = (): string => {
+export const getEncryptionKeyPath = (): string => {
     return process.env.SECRETKEY_PATH ? path.join(process.env.SECRETKEY_PATH, 'encryption.key') : getEncryptionKeyFilePath()
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/server/src/utils/index.ts b/packages/server/src/utils/index.ts
index e0c917239..39bd0854e 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/utils/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/utils/index.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import {
     convertChatHistoryToText,
     getInputVariables,
     handleEscapeCharacters,
+    getEncryptionKeyPath,
     ICommonObject,
     IDatabaseEntity,
     IMessage
@@ -852,16 +853,6 @@ export const isFlowValidForStream = (reactFlowNodes: IReactFlowNode[], endingNod
     return isChatOrLLMsExist && isValidChainOrAgent && !isOutputParserExist
 }
 
-/**
- * Returns the path of encryption key
- * @returns {string}
- */
-export const getEncryptionKeyPath = (): string => {
-    return process.env.SECRETKEY_PATH
-        ? path.join(process.env.SECRETKEY_PATH, 'encryption.key')
-        : path.join(getUserHome(), '.flowise', 'encryption.key')
-}
-
 /**
  * Generate an encryption key
  * @returns {string}
@@ -882,7 +873,8 @@ export const getEncryptionKey = async (): Promise<string> => {
         return await fs.promises.readFile(getEncryptionKeyPath(), 'utf8')
     } catch (error) {
         const encryptKey = generateEncryptKey()
-        await fs.promises.writeFile(getEncryptionKeyPath(), encryptKey)
+        const defaultLocation = path.join(getUserHome(), '.flowise', 'encryption.key')
+        await fs.promises.writeFile(defaultLocation, encryptKey)
         return encryptKey
     }
 }