diff --git a/pbincli/actions.py b/pbincli/actions.py
index 3df38d8..3966442 100644
--- a/pbincli/actions.py
+++ b/pbincli/actions.py
@@ -135,18 +135,7 @@ def get(args, api_client):
 
         if version == 1 and 'meta' in result and 'burnafterreading' in result['meta'] and result['meta']['burnafterreading']:
             print("Burn afrer reading flag found. Deleting paste...")
-            result = api_client.delete(json_encode({'pasteid':pasteid,'deletetoken':'burnafterreading'}))
-
-            if args.debug: print("Delete response:\t{}\n".format(result))
-
-            if 'status' in result and not result['status']:
-                print("Paste successfully deleted!")
-            elif 'status' in result and result['status']:
-                print("Something went wrong...\nError:\t\t{}".format(result['message']))
-                exit(1)
-            else:
-                print("Something went wrong...\nError: Empty response.")
-                exit(1)
+            api_client.delete(json_encode({'pasteid':pasteid,'deletetoken':'burnafterreading'}))
 
     elif 'status' in result and result['status']:
         print("Something went wrong...\nError:\t\t{}".format(result['message']))
@@ -164,15 +153,4 @@ def delete(args, api_client):
 
     if args.debug: print("PasteID:\t{}\nToken:\t\t{}".format(pasteid, token))
 
-    result = api_client.delete(json_encode({'pasteid':pasteid,'deletetoken':token}))
-
-    if args.debug: print("Response:\t{}\n".format(result))
-
-    if 'status' in result and not result['status']:
-        print("Paste successfully deleted!")
-    elif 'status' in result and result['status']:
-        print("Something went wrong...\nError:\t\t{}".format(result['message']))
-        exit(1)
-    else:
-        print("Something went wrong...\nError: Empty response.")
-        exit(1)
+    api_client.delete(json_encode({'pasteid':pasteid,'deletetoken':token}))
diff --git a/pbincli/api.py b/pbincli/api.py
index 1a136f8..19846d9 100644
--- a/pbincli/api.py
+++ b/pbincli/api.py
@@ -32,20 +32,27 @@ class PrivateBin:
 
 
     def delete(self, request):
-        result = requests.post(
-            url = self.server,
-            headers = self.headers,
-            proxies = self.proxy,
-            data = request)
-
         # using try as workaround for versions < 1.3 due to we cant detect
         # if server used version 1.2, where auto-deletion is added
         try:
-            return result.json()
+            result = requests.post(
+                url = self.server,
+                headers = self.headers,
+                proxies = self.proxy,
+                data = request).json()
         except ValueError as e:
             # unable parse response as json because it can be empty (1.2), so simulate correct answer
             from json import loads as json_loads
-            return json_loads('{"status":0}')
+            result = json_loads('{"status":0}')
+
+        if not result['status']:
+            print("Paste successfully deleted!")
+        elif result['status']:
+            print("Something went wrong...\nError:\t\t{}".format(result['message']))
+            exit(1)
+        else:
+            print("Something went wrong...\nError: Empty response.")
+            exit(1)
 
 
     def getVersion(self):
diff --git a/pbincli/format.py b/pbincli/format.py
index d80a217..c21ce57 100644
--- a/pbincli/format.py
+++ b/pbincli/format.py
@@ -120,6 +120,14 @@ class Paste:
         return cipher
 
 
+    def __preparePassKey(self):
+        if self._password:
+            digest = sha256(self._password.encode("UTF-8")).hexdigest()
+            return b64encode(self._key) + digest.encode("UTF-8")
+        else:
+            return b64encode(self._key)
+        
+
     def __decompress(self, s):
         if self._version == 2:
             if self._compression == 'zlib':
@@ -178,11 +186,7 @@ class Paste:
             from hashlib import sha256
             from sjcl import SJCL
 
-            if self._password:
-                digest = sha256(self._password.encode("UTF-8")).hexdigest()
-                password = b64encode(self._key) + digest.encode("UTF-8")
-            else:
-                password = b64encode(self._key)
+            password = self.__preparePassKey()
 
             cipher_text = json_decode(self._data['data'])
 
@@ -245,11 +249,7 @@ class Paste:
 
             self._data = {'expire':expiration,'formatter':formatter,'burnafterreading':int(burnafterreading),'opendiscussion':int(discussion)}
 
-            if self._password:
-                digest = sha256(self._password.encode("UTF-8")).hexdigest()
-                password = b64encode(self._key) + digest.encode("UTF-8")
-            else:
-                password = b64encode(self._key)
+            password = self.__preparePassKey()
 
             if self._debug: print("Password:\t{}".format(password))