diff --git a/affinidi-did-resolver-cache-sdk/src/networking/mod.rs b/affinidi-did-resolver-cache-sdk/src/networking/mod.rs
index 99976a8..72a7d53 100644
--- a/affinidi-did-resolver-cache-sdk/src/networking/mod.rs
+++ b/affinidi-did-resolver-cache-sdk/src/networking/mod.rs
@@ -17,11 +17,9 @@ mod request_queue;
 
 /// WSRequest is the request format to the websocket connection
 /// did: DID to resolve
-/// hash: SHA256 Hash of the DID
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 pub struct WSRequest {
     pub did: String,
-    pub hash: String,
 }
 
 /// WSResponse is the response format from the websocket connection
@@ -85,7 +83,7 @@ impl DIDCacheClient {
 
             // 1. Send the request to the network task, which will then send via websocket to the remote server
             network_task_tx
-                .send(WSCommands::Send(tx, unique_id.clone(), WSRequest { did: did.into(), hash: did_hash.into() }))
+                .send(WSCommands::Send(tx, unique_id.clone(), WSRequest { did: did.into() }))
                 .await
                 .map_err(|e| {
                     DIDCacheError::TransportError(format!(
diff --git a/affinidi-did-resolver-cache-sdk/src/networking/network.rs b/affinidi-did-resolver-cache-sdk/src/networking/network.rs
index 58a32f8..3d62526 100644
--- a/affinidi-did-resolver-cache-sdk/src/networking/network.rs
+++ b/affinidi-did-resolver-cache-sdk/src/networking/network.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 
 use crate::{config::ClientConfig, errors::DIDCacheError, WSRequest};
 use futures_util::{SinkExt, StreamExt};
-use ssi::dids::Document;
+use ssi::{crypto::hashes::sha256, dids::Document};
 use tokio::{
     net::TcpStream,
     select,
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ impl NetworkTask {
                         if let Some(cmd) = value {
                             match cmd {
                                 WSCommands::Send(channel, uid, request) => {
-                                    if network_task.cache.insert(request.hash.clone(), &uid, channel) {
+                                    if network_task.cache.insert(String::from_utf8(sha256::sha256(request.did.as_bytes()).to_vec()).unwrap(), &uid, channel) {
                                         let _ = network_task.ws_send(&mut websocket, &request).await;
                                     }
                                 }
diff --git a/affinidi-did-resolver-cache-server/src/handlers/websocket.rs b/affinidi-did-resolver-cache-server/src/handlers/websocket.rs
index a90198b..899a47b 100644
--- a/affinidi-did-resolver-cache-server/src/handlers/websocket.rs
+++ b/affinidi-did-resolver-cache-server/src/handlers/websocket.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use axum::{
     },
     response::IntoResponse,
 };
+use ssi::crypto::hashes::sha256;
 use tokio::select;
 use tracing::{debug, info, span, warn, Instrument};
 
@@ -82,9 +83,10 @@ async fn handle_socket(mut socket: WebSocket, state: SharedData) {
                                     }
                                     Err(e) => {
                                         // Couldn't resolve the DID, send an error back
+                                        let did_hash = String::from_utf8(sha256::sha256(request.did.as_bytes()).to_vec()).unwrap();
                                         warn!("Couldn't resolve DID: ({}) Reason: {}", &request.did, e);
                                         state.stats().await.increment_resolver_error();
-                                        if let Err(e) = socket.send(Message::Text(serde_json::to_string(&WSResponseType::Error(WSResponseError {did: request.did, hash: request.hash, error: e.to_string()})).unwrap())).await {
+                                        if let Err(e) = socket.send(Message::Text(serde_json::to_string(&WSResponseType::Error(WSResponseError {did: request.did, hash: did_hash, error: e.to_string()})).unwrap())).await {
                                             warn!("ws: Error sending error response: {:?}", e);
                                             break;
                                         }