diff --git a/src/komodo_kv.h b/src/komodo_kv.h
index 0c4708b60..baa3a470d 100644
--- a/src/komodo_kv.h
+++ b/src/komodo_kv.h
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ void komodo_kvupdate(uint8_t *opretbuf,int32_t opretlen,uint64_t value)
                 for (i=0; i<32; i++)
                     ((uint8_t *)&sig)[i] = opretbuf[coresize+sizeof(uint256)+i];
             }
+            memcpy(keybuf,key,keylen);
             if ( (refvaluesize= komodo_kvsearch((uint256 *)&refpubkey,height,&flags,&kvheight,&valuebuf[keylen],key,keylen)) >= 0 )
             {
                 if ( memcmp(&zeroes,&refpubkey,sizeof(refpubkey)) != 0 )
diff --git a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
index 896ca7f4e..808c80b4e 100644
--- a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
@@ -545,7 +545,12 @@ Value kvupdate(const Array& params, bool fHelp)
                 }
             }
             if ( keylen+refvaluesize <= sizeof(keyvalue) )
+            {
                 sig = komodo_kvsig(keyvalue,keylen+refvaluesize,privkey);
+                if ( komodo_kvsigverify(keyvalue,keylen+refvaluesize,refpubkey,sig) < 0 )
+                    printf("VERIFY ERROR\n");
+                else printf("verified immediately\n");
+            }
         }
         for (i=0; i<32; i++)
             printf("%02x",((uint8_t *)&sig)[i]);