diff --git a/pkg/wireguard/keys.go b/pkg/wireguard/keys.go
index 532f64e..f084f40 100644
--- a/pkg/wireguard/keys.go
+++ b/pkg/wireguard/keys.go
@@ -51,6 +51,30 @@ func (pub PublicKey) String() string {
 	}
 }
 
+// UnmarshalText loads the value from base64
+func (key *PrivateKey) UnmarshalText(b []byte) error {
+	v, err := PrivateKeyFromBase64(string(b))
+	switch {
+	case err != nil:
+		return err
+	default:
+		*key = v
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
+// UnmarshalText loads the value from base64
+func (pub *PublicKey) UnmarshalText(b []byte) error {
+	v, err := PublicKeyFromBase64(string(b))
+	switch {
+	case err != nil:
+		return err
+	default:
+		*pub = v
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
 // MarshalJSON encodes the key for JSON, omitting empty.
 func (key PrivateKey) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	return encodeKeyJSON(key.String())