diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 580c2b2..a087295 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -445,15 +445,11 @@ import { montgomery } from '@noble/curves/abstract/montgomery';
 
 const x25519 = montgomery({
   P: 2n ** 255n - 19n,
-  a24: 121665n, // TODO: change to a
+  a: 486662n,
+  Gu: 9n,
   montgomeryBits: 255,
   nByteLength: 32,
-  Gu: '0900000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000',
-
-  // Optional params
-  powPminus2: (x: bigint): bigint => {
-    return mod.pow(x, P - 2, P);
-  },
+  // Optional param
   adjustScalarBytes(bytes) {
     bytes[0] &= 248;
     bytes[31] &= 127;
diff --git a/src/abstract/montgomery.ts b/src/abstract/montgomery.ts
index d959c5f..e85b388 100644
--- a/src/abstract/montgomery.ts
+++ b/src/abstract/montgomery.ts
@@ -11,25 +11,25 @@ export type CurveType = {
   nByteLength: number;
   adjustScalarBytes?: (bytes: Uint8Array) => Uint8Array;
   domain?: (data: Uint8Array, ctx: Uint8Array, phflag: boolean) => Uint8Array;
-  a24: bigint; // Related to d, but cannot be derived from it
+  a: bigint;
   montgomeryBits: number;
   powPminus2?: (x: bigint) => bigint;
   xyToU?: (x: bigint, y: bigint) => bigint;
-  Gu: string;
+  Gu: bigint;
 };
 export type CurveFn = {
   scalarMult: (scalar: Hex, u: Hex) => Uint8Array;
   scalarMultBase: (scalar: Hex) => Uint8Array;
   getSharedSecret: (privateKeyA: Hex, publicKeyB: Hex) => Uint8Array;
   getPublicKey: (privateKey: Hex) => Uint8Array;
-  Gu: string;
+  GuBytes: Uint8Array;
 };
 
 function validateOpts(curve: CurveType) {
   validateObject(
     curve,
     {
-      a24: 'bigint',
+      a: 'bigint',
     },
     {
       montgomeryBits: 'isSafeInteger',
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ function validateOpts(curve: CurveType) {
       adjustScalarBytes: 'function',
       domain: 'function',
       powPminus2: 'function',
-      Gu: 'string',
+      Gu: 'bigint',
     }
   );
   // Set defaults
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ function validateOpts(curve: CurveType) {
 export function montgomery(curveDef: CurveType): CurveFn {
   const CURVE = validateOpts(curveDef);
   const { P } = CURVE;
-  const modP = (a: bigint) => mod(a, P);
+  const modP = (n: bigint) => mod(n, P);
   const montgomeryBits = CURVE.montgomeryBits;
   const montgomeryBytes = Math.ceil(montgomeryBits / 8);
   const fieldLen = CURVE.nByteLength;
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ export function montgomery(curveDef: CurveType): CurveFn {
   }
 
   // x25519 from 4
+  // The constant a24 is (486662 - 2) / 4 = 121665 for curve25519/X25519
+  const a24 = (CURVE.a - BigInt(2)) / BigInt(4);
   /**
    *
    * @param pointU u coordinate (x) on Montgomery Curve 25519
@@ -90,8 +92,6 @@ export function montgomery(curveDef: CurveType): CurveFn {
     // Section 5: Implementations MUST accept non-canonical values and process them as
     // if they had been reduced modulo the field prime.
     const k = assertFieldElement(scalar);
-    // The constant a24 is (486662 - 2) / 4 = 121665 for curve25519/X25519
-    const a24 = CURVE.a24;
     const x_1 = u;
     let x_2 = _1n;
     let z_2 = _0n;
@@ -170,8 +170,9 @@ export function montgomery(curveDef: CurveType): CurveFn {
     return encodeUCoordinate(pu);
   }
   // Computes public key from private. By doing scalar multiplication of base point.
+  const GuBytes = encodeUCoordinate(CURVE.Gu);
   function scalarMultBase(scalar: Hex): Uint8Array {
-    return scalarMult(scalar, CURVE.Gu);
+    return scalarMult(scalar, GuBytes);
   }
 
   return {
@@ -179,6 +180,6 @@ export function montgomery(curveDef: CurveType): CurveFn {
     scalarMultBase,
     getSharedSecret: (privateKey: Hex, publicKey: Hex) => scalarMult(privateKey, publicKey),
     getPublicKey: (privateKey: Hex): Uint8Array => scalarMultBase(privateKey),
-    Gu: CURVE.Gu,
+    GuBytes: GuBytes,
   };
 }
diff --git a/src/ed25519.ts b/src/ed25519.ts
index 19ab4c8..584e241 100644
--- a/src/ed25519.ts
+++ b/src/ed25519.ts
@@ -138,10 +138,10 @@ export const ed25519ph = twistedEdwards({
 
 export const x25519 = montgomery({
   P: ED25519_P,
-  a24: BigInt('121665'),
+  a: BigInt(486662),
   montgomeryBits: 255, // n is 253 bits
   nByteLength: 32,
-  Gu: '0900000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000',
+  Gu: BigInt(9),
   powPminus2: (x: bigint): bigint => {
     const P = ED25519_P;
     // x^(p-2) aka x^(2^255-21)
diff --git a/src/ed448.ts b/src/ed448.ts
index 2954c41..97c73d4 100644
--- a/src/ed448.ts
+++ b/src/ed448.ts
@@ -122,11 +122,11 @@ export const ed448 = twistedEdwards(ED448_DEF);
 export const ed448ph = twistedEdwards({ ...ED448_DEF, preHash: shake256_64 });
 
 export const x448 = montgomery({
-  a24: BigInt(39081),
+  a: BigInt(156326),
   montgomeryBits: 448,
   nByteLength: 57,
   P: ed448P,
-  Gu: '0500000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000',
+  Gu: BigInt(5),
   powPminus2: (x: bigint): bigint => {
     const P = ed448P;
     const Pminus3div4 = ed448_pow_Pminus3div4(x);
diff --git a/test/ed25519-addons.test.js b/test/ed25519-addons.test.js
index c128194..e3f2e51 100644
--- a/test/ed25519-addons.test.js
+++ b/test/ed25519-addons.test.js
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ should('X25519 base point', () => {
   const { y } = ed25519ph.ExtendedPoint.BASE;
   const { Fp } = ed25519ph.CURVE;
   const u = Fp.create((y + 1n) * Fp.inv(1n - y));
-  deepStrictEqual(hex(numberToBytesLE(u, 32)), x25519.Gu);
+  deepStrictEqual(numberToBytesLE(u, 32), x25519.GuBytes);
 });
 
 describe('RFC7748', () => {
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ describe('RFC7748', () => {
   for (let i = 0; i < rfc7748Iter.length; i++) {
     const { scalar, iters } = rfc7748Iter[i];
     should(`scalarMult iteration (${i})`, () => {
-      let k = x25519.Gu;
+      let k = x25519.GuBytes;
       for (let i = 0, u = k; i < iters; i++) [k, u] = [x25519.scalarMult(k, u), k];
       deepStrictEqual(hex(k), scalar);
     });
diff --git a/test/ed448.test.js b/test/ed448.test.js
index 08b74b7..f892cad 100644
--- a/test/ed448.test.js
+++ b/test/ed448.test.js
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ describe('ed448', () => {
   for (let i = 0; i < rfc7748Iter.length; i++) {
     const { scalar, iters } = rfc7748Iter[i];
     should(`RFC7748: scalarMult iteration (${i})`, () => {
-      let k = x448.Gu;
+      let k = x448.GuBytes;
       for (let i = 0, u = k; i < iters; i++) [k, u] = [x448.scalarMult(k, u), k];
       deepStrictEqual(hex(k), scalar);
     });
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ describe('ed448', () => {
     // const invX = Fp.invert(x * x); // x²
     const u = Fp.div(Fp.create(y * y), Fp.create(x * x)); // (y²/x²)
     // const u = Fp.create(y * y * invX);
-    deepStrictEqual(hex(numberToBytesLE(u, 56)), x448.Gu);
+    deepStrictEqual(numberToBytesLE(u, 56), x448.GuBytes);
   });
 });