diff --git a/pkg/wireguard/keys.go b/pkg/wireguard/keys.go
index fe21f98..1b3ef20 100644
--- a/pkg/wireguard/keys.go
+++ b/pkg/wireguard/keys.go
@@ -51,6 +51,28 @@ func (pub PublicKey) String() string {
 	}
 }
 
+// UnmarshalText loads the value from base64
+func (key *PrivateKey) UnmarshalText(b []byte) error {
+	v, err := PrivateKeyFromBase64(string(b))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	*key = v
+	return nil
+}
+
+// UnmarshalText loads the value from base64
+func (pub *PublicKey) UnmarshalText(b []byte) error {
+	v, err := PublicKeyFromBase64(string(b))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	*pub = v
+	return nil
+}
+
 // MarshalJSON encodes the key for JSON, omitting empty.
 func (key PrivateKey) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	return encodeKeyJSON(key.String())