diff --git a/lbrynet/lbrynet_daemon/Daemon.py b/lbrynet/lbrynet_daemon/Daemon.py
index b7d1a81e4..fbc1f5772 100644
--- a/lbrynet/lbrynet_daemon/Daemon.py
+++ b/lbrynet/lbrynet_daemon/Daemon.py
@@ -1235,7 +1235,9 @@ class Daemon(AuthJSONRPCServer):
         """
 
         log.info("Get daemon settings")
-        return self._render_response(conf.settings.get_dict(), OK_CODE)
+        settings_dict = conf.settings.get_dict()
+        settings_dict['lbryid'] = binascii.hexlify(settings_dict['lbryid'])
+        return self._render_response(settings_dict, OK_CODE)
 
     @AuthJSONRPCServer.auth_required
     def jsonrpc_set_settings(self, p):
diff --git a/lbrynet/lbrynet_daemon/auth/server.py b/lbrynet/lbrynet_daemon/auth/server.py
index 959a22830..7779fd9d2 100644
--- a/lbrynet/lbrynet_daemon/auth/server.py
+++ b/lbrynet/lbrynet_daemon/auth/server.py
@@ -312,8 +312,8 @@ class AuthJSONRPCServer(AuthorizedBase):
             self._set_headers(request, encoded_message, auth_required)
             self._render_message(request, encoded_message)
         except Exception as err:
-            msg = "Failed to render API response: %s"
-            self._log_and_render_error(err, request, message=msg, version=version)
+            log.exception("Failed to render API response: %s", result)
+            self._render_error(err, request, version)
 
     def _render_response(self, result, code):
         return defer.succeed({'result': result, 'code': code})