diff --git a/vona/globals/__init__.py b/vona/globals/__init__.py
index 112c1ad..622521c 100644
--- a/vona/globals/__init__.py
+++ b/vona/globals/__init__.py
@@ -111,7 +111,9 @@ def event_hash(event_object):
 
 	event_json_bytes = canonical_json(event_object)
 
-	return base64.b64encode(hashlib.sha256(event_json_bytes).digest()).decode("utf-8")
+	return base64.b64encode(
+		hashlib.sha256(event_json_bytes).digest()
+	).decode("utf-8").rstrip("=")
 
 
 def pubkey() -> str: