diff --git a/src/home/RegisteredView.tsx b/src/home/RegisteredView.tsx
index 5de21a3e..8a5115a6 100644
--- a/src/home/RegisteredView.tsx
+++ b/src/home/RegisteredView.tsx
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import { JoinExistingCallModal } from "./JoinExistingCallModal";
 import { Caption, Title } from "../typography/Typography";
 import { Form } from "../form/Form";
 import { CallType, CallTypeDropdown } from "./CallTypeDropdown";
-import { useOptInAnalytics } from "../settings/useSetting";
+import { useEnableE2EE, useOptInAnalytics } from "../settings/useSetting";
 import { AnalyticsNotice } from "../analytics/AnalyticsNotice";
 import { E2EEBanner } from "../E2EEBanner";
 import { setLocalStorageItem } from "../useLocalStorage";
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ export function RegisteredView({ client, isPasswordlessUser }: Props) {
   const history = useHistory();
   const { t } = useTranslation();
   const { modalState, modalProps } = useModalTriggerState();
+  const [e2eeEnabled] = useEnableE2EE();
 
   const onSubmit: FormEventHandler<HTMLFormElement> = useCallback(
     (e: FormEvent) => {
@@ -73,12 +74,16 @@ export function RegisteredView({ client, isPasswordlessUser }: Props) {
         setError(undefined);
         setLoading(true);
 
-        const [roomAlias, roomId] = await createRoom(client, roomName, ptt);
+        const roomId = (
+          await createRoom(client, roomName, ptt, e2eeEnabled ?? false)
+        )[1];
 
-        setLocalStorageItem(
-          getRoomSharedKeyLocalStorageKey(roomId),
-          randomString(32)
-        );
+        if (e2eeEnabled) {
+          setLocalStorageItem(
+            getRoomSharedKeyLocalStorageKey(roomId),
+            randomString(32)
+          );
+        }
 
         history.push(`/room/#?roomId=${roomId}`);
       }
@@ -96,7 +101,7 @@ export function RegisteredView({ client, isPasswordlessUser }: Props) {
         }
       });
     },
-    [client, history, modalState, callType]
+    [client, history, modalState, callType, e2eeEnabled]
   );
 
   const recentRooms = useGroupCallRooms(client);
diff --git a/src/home/UnauthenticatedView.tsx b/src/home/UnauthenticatedView.tsx
index a9c840df..721c56d1 100644
--- a/src/home/UnauthenticatedView.tsx
+++ b/src/home/UnauthenticatedView.tsx
@@ -40,9 +40,11 @@ import styles from "./UnauthenticatedView.module.css";
 import commonStyles from "./common.module.css";
 import { generateRandomName } from "../auth/generateRandomName";
 import { AnalyticsNotice } from "../analytics/AnalyticsNotice";
-import { useOptInAnalytics } from "../settings/useSetting";
+import { useEnableE2EE, useOptInAnalytics } from "../settings/useSetting";
 import { Config } from "../config/Config";
 import { E2EEBanner } from "../E2EEBanner";
+import { getRoomSharedKeyLocalStorageKey } from "../e2ee/sharedKeyManagement";
+import { setLocalStorageItem } from "../useLocalStorage";
 
 export const UnauthenticatedView: FC = () => {
   const { setClient } = useClient();
@@ -58,6 +60,8 @@ export const UnauthenticatedView: FC = () => {
   const history = useHistory();
   const { t } = useTranslation();
 
+  const [e2eeEnabled] = useEnableE2EE();
+
   const onSubmit: FormEventHandler<HTMLFormElement> = useCallback(
     (e) => {
       e.preventDefault();
@@ -79,9 +83,18 @@ export const UnauthenticatedView: FC = () => {
           true
         );
 
-        let roomAlias: string;
+        let roomId: string;
         try {
-          [roomAlias] = await createRoom(client, roomName, ptt);
+          roomId = (
+            await createRoom(client, roomName, ptt, e2eeEnabled ?? false)
+          )[1];
+
+          if (e2eeEnabled) {
+            setLocalStorageItem(
+              getRoomSharedKeyLocalStorageKey(roomId),
+              randomString(32)
+            );
+          }
         } catch (error) {
           if (!setClient) {
             throw error;
@@ -120,7 +133,16 @@ export const UnauthenticatedView: FC = () => {
         reset();
       });
     },
-    [register, reset, execute, history, callType, modalState, setClient]
+    [
+      register,
+      reset,
+      execute,
+      history,
+      callType,
+      modalState,
+      setClient,
+      e2eeEnabled,
+    ]
   );
 
   const callNameLabel =
diff --git a/src/room/useLoadGroupCall.ts b/src/room/useLoadGroupCall.ts
index 4aa82f11..3436360c 100644
--- a/src/room/useLoadGroupCall.ts
+++ b/src/room/useLoadGroupCall.ts
@@ -25,12 +25,16 @@ import { logger } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/logger";
 import { ClientEvent, MatrixClient } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/client";
 import { SyncState } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/sync";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
+import { randomString } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/randomstring";
 
 import type { Room } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/models/room";
 import type { GroupCall } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/webrtc/groupCall";
+import { setLocalStorageItem } from "../useLocalStorage";
 import { isLocalRoomId, createRoom, roomNameFromRoomId } from "../matrix-utils";
 import { translatedError } from "../TranslatedError";
 import { widget } from "../widget";
+import { useEnableE2EE } from "../settings/useSetting";
+import { getRoomSharedKeyLocalStorageKey } from "../e2ee/sharedKeyManagement";
 
 const STATS_COLLECT_INTERVAL_TIME_MS = 10000;
 
@@ -67,6 +71,8 @@ export const useLoadGroupCall = (
   const { t } = useTranslation();
   const [state, setState] = useState<GroupCallStatus>({ kind: "loading" });
 
+  const [e2eeEnabled] = useEnableE2EE();
+
   useEffect(() => {
     const fetchOrCreateRoom = async (): Promise<Room> => {
       try {
@@ -104,8 +110,17 @@ export const useLoadGroupCall = (
           const [, roomId] = await createRoom(
             client,
             roomNameFromRoomId(roomIdOrAlias),
-            createPtt
+            createPtt,
+            e2eeEnabled ?? false
           );
+
+          if (e2eeEnabled) {
+            setLocalStorageItem(
+              getRoomSharedKeyLocalStorageKey(roomId),
+              randomString(32)
+            );
+          }
+
           // likewise, wait for the room
           await client.waitUntilRoomReadyForGroupCalls(roomId);
           return client.getRoom(roomId)!;
@@ -194,7 +209,7 @@ export const useLoadGroupCall = (
       .then(fetchOrCreateGroupCall)
       .then((groupCall) => setState({ kind: "loaded", groupCall }))
       .catch((error) => setState({ kind: "failed", error }));
-  }, [client, roomIdOrAlias, viaServers, createPtt, t]);
+  }, [client, roomIdOrAlias, viaServers, createPtt, t, e2eeEnabled]);
 
   return state;
 };