diff --git a/parse/message.go b/parse/message.go
index 6b7b2ee215431c5b9b015d5c196dd4dcfb176f00..b19f121e0bff039b5afac1cf6b6136edf2df6ca9 100644
--- a/parse/message.go
+++ b/parse/message.go
@@ -34,8 +34,10 @@ const (
 	E2E
 )
 
-func (CryptoType) String() string {
-	return "yo, there's probably a crypto type that needs to get got around here"
+var cryptoTypeStrArr = []string{"None", "Unencrypted", "Rekey", "E2E"}
+
+func (ct CryptoType) String() string {
+	return cryptoTypeStrArr[ct]
 }
 
 // Interface used to standardize message definitions