diff --git a/src/db-manifest.js b/src/db-manifest.js
index 51ad0fac5..2f4a7b9e8 100644
--- a/src/db-manifest.js
+++ b/src/db-manifest.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const createDBManifest = (name, type, accessControllerAddress, publicKey) => {
 
 const uploadDBManifest = async (ipfs, manifest) => {
   const dag = await ipfs.object.put(encodeManifest(manifest))
-  return dag.toJSON().multihash.toString()
+  return dag.toJSON().hash.toString()
 }
 
 const signDBManifest = async (manifest, identity, identityProvider) => {
diff --git a/src/ipfs-access-controller.js b/src/ipfs-access-controller.js
index f0be5cb3b..b8caa3b50 100644
--- a/src/ipfs-access-controller.js
+++ b/src/ipfs-access-controller.js
@@ -34,15 +34,14 @@ class IPFSAccessController extends AbstractAccessController {
   }
 
   async save () {
-    let hash
     try {
       const access = JSON.stringify(this._access, null, 2)
       const dag = await this._ipfs.object.put(new Buffer(access))
-      hash = dag.toJSON().multihash.toString()
+      const hash = dag.toJSON().hash.toString()
+      return path.join('/ipfs', hash)
     } catch (e) {
       console.log("ACCESS ERROR:", e)
     }
-    return path.join('/ipfs', hash)
   }
 
   async setup ({ accessControllerAddress: address }) {