diff --git a/src/components/ImportNsecForm.tsx b/src/components/ImportNsecForm.tsx
index eed6e7c2..c2a4da4c 100644
--- a/src/components/ImportNsecForm.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ImportNsecForm.tsx
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ export function ImportNsecForm() {
         <>
             <SimpleInput
                 value={nsec()}
+                type="password"
                 onInput={(e) => setNsec(e.currentTarget.value)}
                 placeholder={`Nostr private key (starts with "nsec")`}
             />
diff --git a/src/components/SimpleInput.tsx b/src/components/SimpleInput.tsx
index 9d848ff5..f4c07640 100644
--- a/src/components/SimpleInput.tsx
+++ b/src/components/SimpleInput.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export function SimpleInput(props: SimpleInputProps) {
     return (
         <input
             class="w-full rounded-lg bg-m-grey-800 p-2 placeholder-m-grey-400 disabled:text-m-grey-400"
-            type="text"
+            type={props.type || "text"}
             value={props.value}
             onInput={(e) => props.onInput(e)}
             placeholder={props.placeholder}