diff --git a/class/wallets/abstract-hd-electrum-wallet.js b/class/wallets/abstract-hd-electrum-wallet.js
index 8f83f29be..36fffe288 100644
--- a/class/wallets/abstract-hd-electrum-wallet.js
+++ b/class/wallets/abstract-hd-electrum-wallet.js
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export class AbstractHDElectrumWallet extends AbstractHDWallet {
   }
 
   async generate() {
-    const buf = await randomBytes(32);
+    const buf = await randomBytes(16);
     this.secret = bip39.entropyToMnemonic(buf.toString('hex'));
   }
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/hd-segwit-bech32-wallet.test.js b/tests/unit/hd-segwit-bech32-wallet.test.js
index 65152e854..19ea3d040 100644
--- a/tests/unit/hd-segwit-bech32-wallet.test.js
+++ b/tests/unit/hd-segwit-bech32-wallet.test.js
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ describe('Bech32 Segwit HD (BIP84)', () => {
     for (let c = 0; c < 1000; c++) {
       await hd.generate();
       const secret = hd.getSecret();
+      assert.strictEqual(secret.split(' ').length, 12);
       if (hashmap[secret]) {
         throw new Error('Duplicate secret generated!');
       }