diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 249494c..6953293 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,35 +25,21 @@ You can install the package via composer:
 composer require castelnuovo/laravel-age
 ```
 
-You can publish the config file with:
-
-```bash
-php artisan vendor:publish --tag="laravel-age-config"
-```
-
-This is the contents of the published config file:
-
-```php
-return [
-    'identity' => env('AGE_IDENTITY')
-];
-```
-
 ## Usage
 
 ```php
-use Castelnuovo\LaravelAge\LaravelAge;
+use Castelnuovo\LaravelAge\Age;
 
 $message = 'Hello World!';
 
-$age = LaravelAge::generateKeypair();
+$age = Age::generateKeypair();
 $privateKey = $age->getPrivateKey();
 $publicKey = $age->getPublicKey();
 
-$age2 = new LaravelAge(publicKey: $publicKey);
+$age2 = new Age(publicKey: $publicKey);
 $encrypted_message = $age2->encrypt($message);
 
-$age3 = new LaravelAge(privateKey: $privateKey);
+$age3 = new Age(privateKey: $privateKey);
 $decrypted_message = $age3->decrypt($encrypted_message);
 
 echo $message === $decrypted_message ? 'Success' : 'Failed';
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 96f779f..e618675 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -74,10 +74,7 @@
         "laravel": {
             "providers": [
                 "Castelnuovo\\LaravelAge\\LaravelAgeServiceProvider"
-            ],
-            "aliases": {
-                "LaravelAge": "Castelnuovo\\LaravelAge\\Facades\\LaravelAge"
-            }
+            ]
         }
     },
     "minimum-stability": "dev",
diff --git a/config/age.php b/config/age.php
deleted file mode 100644
index ff59240..0000000
--- a/config/age.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-return [
-    'identity' => env('AGE_IDENTITY'),
-];
diff --git a/phpstan.neon.dist b/phpstan.neon.dist
index f4a34f0..1ed9871 100644
--- a/phpstan.neon.dist
+++ b/phpstan.neon.dist
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ parameters:
     level: 9
     paths:
         - src
-        - config
     tmpDir: build/phpstan
     checkOctaneCompatibility: true
     checkModelProperties: true
diff --git a/src/LaravelAge.php b/src/Age.php
similarity index 85%
rename from src/LaravelAge.php
rename to src/Age.php
index a68f4f7..5e18595 100755
--- a/src/LaravelAge.php
+++ b/src/Age.php
@@ -4,14 +4,13 @@
 
 use Exception;
 
-class LaravelAge
+class Age
 {
     public function __construct(private ?PrivateKey $privateKey = null, private ?PublicKey $publicKey = null)
     {
         /* If no keys are provided, use the one from .env or create a pair. */
         if (! isset($privateKey) && ! isset($publicKey)) {
-            /** @phpstan-ignore-next-line */
-            $this->privateKey = new PrivateKey(config('laravel-age.identity'));
+            $this->privateKey = PrivateKey::generate();
             $this->publicKey = $this->privateKey->getPublicKey();
         }
 
@@ -21,11 +20,11 @@ public function __construct(private ?PrivateKey $privateKey = null, private ?Pub
         }
     }
 
-    public static function generateKeypair(): LaravelAge
+    public static function generateKeypair(): Age
     {
-        $privateKey = new PrivateKey();
+        $privateKey = PrivateKey::generate();
 
-        return new LaravelAge($privateKey, $privateKey->getPublicKey());
+        return new Age($privateKey, $privateKey->getPublicKey());
     }
 
     public function getPublicKey(): PublicKey
diff --git a/src/Facades/LaravelAge.php b/src/Facades/LaravelAge.php
deleted file mode 100644
index b9a2953..0000000
--- a/src/Facades/LaravelAge.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace Castelnuovo\LaravelAge\Facades;
-
-use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Facade;
-
-/**
- * @see \Castelnuovo\LaravelAge\LaravelAge
- */
-class LaravelAge extends Facade
-{
-    protected static function getFacadeAccessor()
-    {
-        return \Castelnuovo\LaravelAge\LaravelAge::class;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/LaravelAgeServiceProvider.php b/src/LaravelAgeServiceProvider.php
index bd8535d..da93fdb 100644
--- a/src/LaravelAgeServiceProvider.php
+++ b/src/LaravelAgeServiceProvider.php
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ public function configurePackage(Package $package): void
          * More info: https://github.com/spatie/laravel-package-tools
          */
         $package
-            ->name('laravel-age')
-            ->hasConfigFile();
+            ->name('laravel-age');
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/PrivateKey.php b/src/PrivateKey.php
index 7c86d7f..d00ba6b 100644
--- a/src/PrivateKey.php
+++ b/src/PrivateKey.php
@@ -13,21 +13,8 @@ class PrivateKey
 {
     private string $privateKey;
 
-    public function __construct(string $privateKey = '')
+    public function __construct(string $privateKey)
     {
-        if (! $privateKey) {
-            $result = Process::pipe([
-                'age-keygen',
-                'grep -E "^AGE-SECRET-KEY-[A-Za-z0-9]{59}$"',
-            ]);
-
-            if ($result->failed()) {
-                throw new Exception('Failed to generate private key!');
-            }
-
-            $privateKey = $result->output();
-        }
-
         $privateKey = str($privateKey)->trim();
 
         if (! $privateKey->startsWith('AGE-SECRET-KEY-') || $privateKey->length() !== 74) {
@@ -37,6 +24,20 @@ public function __construct(string $privateKey = '')
         $this->privateKey = $privateKey;
     }
 
+    public static function generate(): self
+    {
+        $result = Process::pipe([
+            'age-keygen',
+            'grep -E "^AGE-SECRET-KEY-[A-Za-z0-9]{59}$"',
+        ]);
+
+        if ($result->failed()) {
+            throw new Exception('Failed to generate private key!');
+        }
+
+        return new self($result->output());
+    }
+
     public function encode(): string
     {
         return $this->privateKey;
@@ -62,7 +63,11 @@ public function decrypt(string $message, bool $base64): string
         $ulid = Str::ulid();
         $dir = TemporaryDirectory::make()->deleteWhenDestroyed();
 
-        $data = $base64 ? base64_decode(str_replace(['-', '_'], ['+', '/'], $message)) : $message;
+        $data = $base64 ? base64_decode($message, strict: true) : $message;
+        if (! $data) {
+            throw new Exception('Invalid message provided!');
+        }
+
         Storage::build(['driver' => 'local', 'root' => $dir->path()])->put($ulid, $data);
 
         /**
diff --git a/tests/LaravelAgeTest.php b/tests/LaravelAgeTest.php
index eb33a26..e271cc3 100644
--- a/tests/LaravelAgeTest.php
+++ b/tests/LaravelAgeTest.php
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 <?php
 
-use Castelnuovo\LaravelAge\LaravelAge;
+use Castelnuovo\LaravelAge\Age;
 use Castelnuovo\LaravelAge\PrivateKey;
 use Castelnuovo\LaravelAge\PublicKey;
 
 it('can generate private key', function () {
-    expect((new PrivateKey())->encode())->toBeString();
+    expect(PrivateKey::generate()->encode())->toBeString();
 });
 
 it('can generate public key', function () {
-    $publicKey = (new PrivateKey())->getPublicKey();
+    $publicKey = PrivateKey::generate()->getPublicKey();
 
     expect($publicKey->encode())->toBeString();
 });
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@
 })->throws(Exception::class);
 
 it('can generate keypair', function () {
-    $age = LaravelAge::generateKeypair();
+    $age = Age::generateKeypair();
 
-    expect($age)->toBeInstanceOf(LaravelAge::class);
+    expect($age)->toBeInstanceOf(Age::class);
     expect($age->getPrivateKey())->toBeInstanceOf(PrivateKey::class);
     expect($age->getPublicKey())->toBeInstanceOf(PublicKey::class);
 });
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 it('can encrypt with an provided private key', function () {
     $encodeKey = 'AGE-SECRET-KEY-1TKGRTQP4H79MTNHVDRSA3L0CS7MFSMW0DQX80CWP0JDUFL97RRJSPK9777';
     $privateKey = new PrivateKey($encodeKey);
-    $age = new LaravelAge(privateKey: $privateKey);
+    $age = new Age(privateKey: $privateKey);
 
     expect($age->encrypt('message'))->toBeString();
 });
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 it('can encrypt with an provided public key', function () {
     $encodeKey = 'age1xqrfpqxz55ersvu6mmhwzcctqk27ppnatms7p9zruclrm8tt4y0q3apxuc';
     $publicKey = new PublicKey($encodeKey);
-    $age = new LaravelAge(publicKey: $publicKey);
+    $age = new Age(publicKey: $publicKey);
 
     expect($age->encrypt('message'))->toBeString();
 });
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 it('can decrypt with an provided private key (using base64)', function () {
     $encodeKey = 'AGE-SECRET-KEY-1TKGRTQP4H79MTNHVDRSA3L0CS7MFSMW0DQX80CWP0JDUFL97RRJSPK9777';
     $privateKey = new PrivateKey($encodeKey);
-    $age = new LaravelAge(privateKey: $privateKey);
+    $age = new Age(privateKey: $privateKey);
 
     $message = 'Hello, World!';
     $encrypted = $age->encrypt($message);
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 it('can decrypt with an provided private key (without using base64)', function () {
     $encodeKey = 'AGE-SECRET-KEY-1TKGRTQP4H79MTNHVDRSA3L0CS7MFSMW0DQX80CWP0JDUFL97RRJSPK9777';
     $privateKey = new PrivateKey($encodeKey);
-    $age = new LaravelAge(privateKey: $privateKey);
+    $age = new Age(privateKey: $privateKey);
 
     $message = 'Hello, World!';
     $encrypted = $age->encrypt($message, false);
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 it('cannot decrypt with an provided public key', function () {
     $encodeKey = 'age1xqrfpqxz55ersvu6mmhwzcctqk27ppnatms7p9zruclrm8tt4y0q3apxuc';
     $publicKey = new PublicKey($encodeKey);
-    $age = new LaravelAge(publicKey: $publicKey);
+    $age = new Age(publicKey: $publicKey);
 
     $message = 'Hello, World!';
     $encrypted = $age->encrypt($message);
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
 it('cannot decrypt with an provided private key (using base64 only to encrypt)', function () {
     $encodeKey = 'age1xqrfpqxz55ersvu6mmhwzcctqk27ppnatms7p9zruclrm8tt4y0q3apxuc';
     $publicKey = new PublicKey($encodeKey);
-    $age = new LaravelAge(publicKey: $publicKey);
+    $age = new Age(publicKey: $publicKey);
 
     $message = 'Hello, World!';
     $encrypted = $age->encrypt($message);
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
 it('cannot decrypt with an provided private key (using base64 only to decrypt)', function () {
     $encodeKey = 'age1xqrfpqxz55ersvu6mmhwzcctqk27ppnatms7p9zruclrm8tt4y0q3apxuc';
     $publicKey = new PublicKey($encodeKey);
-    $age = new LaravelAge(publicKey: $publicKey);
+    $age = new Age(publicKey: $publicKey);
 
     $message = 'Hello, World!';
     $encrypted = $age->encrypt($message, false);
@@ -117,14 +117,14 @@
 it('runs usage code from readme', function () {
     $message = 'Hello World!';
 
-    $age = LaravelAge::generateKeypair();
+    $age = Age::generateKeypair();
     $privateKey = $age->getPrivateKey();
     $publicKey = $age->getPublicKey();
 
-    $age2 = new LaravelAge(publicKey: $publicKey);
+    $age2 = new Age(publicKey: $publicKey);
     $encrypted_message = $age2->encrypt($message);
 
-    $age3 = new LaravelAge(privateKey: $privateKey);
+    $age3 = new Age(privateKey: $privateKey);
     $decrypted_message = $age3->decrypt($encrypted_message);
 
     expect($message)->toBe($decrypted_message);