iam using cryptojs on react app to encvrypt a card that i send over the wire to my node app where i decrypt it using the same key. iam pretty sure it was working before but iam not sure. Iam getting an empty string on decryption and i cant figure out what i am doing wrong

in react app

 handleEncrypt =(ccNumber)=>{
        const key = process.env.REACT_APP_SITE_ENCRYPTION_KEY
        const encrypted = window.CryptoJS.AES.encrypt(ccNumber,key.trim()).toString()
        return encrypted;

    }

in config

REACT_APP_SITE_ENCRYPTION_KEY = y$3&g</l1=OrNunxw5{g72lmkX+:<sL^

on the node side

const CryptoJS = require('crypto-js');

function decryptor(encryptedCreditCard) {
      const decryptionKey = process.env.DECRYPTION_KEY;
      const decryptedBytes = CryptoJS.AES.decrypt(
        encryptedCreditCard,
        decryptionKey,
      );
      const decryptedCreditCard = decryptedBytes.toString(CryptoJS.enc.Utf8);
    
      return decryptedCreditCard;
    }

any help will be much appreciated