diff --git a/packages/backend/src/entity/Deployer.ts b/packages/backend/src/entity/Deployer.ts
index 657e0805..72f386ca 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/entity/Deployer.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/entity/Deployer.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export class Deployer {
     deployerId!: string;
 
   @Column('varchar')
-  deployerApiUrl!: string;
+    deployerApiUrl!: string;
 
   @Column('varchar')
     baseDomain!: string;
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/registry.ts b/packages/backend/src/registry.ts
index facf5450..f8c55355 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/registry.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/registry.ts
@@ -265,16 +265,7 @@ export class Registry {
       throw new Error(`No record found for ${lrn}`);
     }
 
-    // Config to be encrypted
-    const config = {
-      "authorized": [data.requesterAddress],
-      "config": { "env": data.environmentVariables },
-    }
-
-    // Serialize the config (convert to YAML)
-    const serialized = JSON.stringify(config, null, 2);
-
-    const envHash = await this.generateHash(serialized, data.publicKey, data.apiUrl);
+    const envHash = await this.generateConfigHash(data.environmentVariables, data.requesterAddress, data.publicKey, data.apiUrl);
 
     // Create record of type ApplicationDeploymentRequest and publish
     const applicationDeploymentRequest = {
@@ -548,14 +539,22 @@ export class Registry {
     return `lrn://${this.registryConfig.authority}/applications/${appName}`;
   }
 
-  async generateHash(message: string, pubKey: string, url: string): Promise<string> {
+  async generateConfigHash(environmentVariables: { [key: string]: string }, requesterAddress: string, pubKey: string, url: string): Promise<string> {
+    // Config to be encrypted
+    const config = {
+      "authorized": [requesterAddress],
+      "config": { "env": environmentVariables },
+    }
+
+    // Serialize the config (convert to YAML)
+    const serialized = JSON.stringify(config, null, 2);
     const armoredKey = `-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----\n\n${pubKey}\n\n-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----`;
 
     const publicKey = await openpgp.readKey({ armoredKey });
 
     // Encrypt the config
     const encrypted = await openpgp.encrypt({
-      message: await openpgp.createMessage({ text: message }),
+      message: await openpgp.createMessage({ text: serialized }),
       encryptionKeys: publicKey,
       format: 'binary'
     });