diff --git a/shadowsocks-libev/Makefile b/shadowsocks-libev/Makefile
index 4a1192bac..79a6894a8 100644
--- a/shadowsocks-libev/Makefile
+++ b/shadowsocks-libev/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 #
 PKG_NAME:=shadowsocks-libev
 PKG_VERSION:=3.1.2
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_RELEASE:=3
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/shadowsocks/shadowsocks-libev/releases/download/v$(PKG_VERSION)
diff --git a/shadowsocks-libev/files/shadowsocks-libev.init b/shadowsocks-libev/files/shadowsocks-libev.init
index d3f9b8909..48475037b 100644
--- a/shadowsocks-libev/files/shadowsocks-libev.init
+++ b/shadowsocks-libev/files/shadowsocks-libev.init
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ ss_mkjson_server_conf() {
 ss_mkjson_server_conf_() {
 	[ -n "$server_port" ] || return 1
 	password="${password//\"/\\\"}"
+	key="$(echo $key | sed 's/+/-/g; s/\//_/g;')"
 	cat <<-EOF
 		${server:+${q}server${q}: ${q}$server${q},}
 		"server_port": $server_port,