1 files changed, 14 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/lib/contract.js b/lib/contract.js
index abd8e5bdf..aa4188d40 100644
--- a/lib/contract.js
+++ b/lib/contract.js
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@
 var web3 = require('./web3'); // jshint ignore:line
 var abi = require('./abi');
 
-/// method signature length in bytes
-var ETH_METHOD_SIGNATURE_LENGTH = 4;
-
 /**
  * This method should be called when we want to call / transact some solidity method from javascript
  * it returns an object which has same methods available as solidity contract description
@@ -60,29 +57,29 @@ var contract = function (address, desc) {
         var impl = function () {
             var params = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments);
             var parsed = inputParser[displayName][typeName].apply(null, params);
-
-            var onSuccess = function (result) {
-                return outputParser[displayName][typeName](result);
-            };
+            var signature = abi.methodSignature(method.name);
 
             return {
                 call: function (extra) {
                     extra = extra || {};
                     extra.to = address;
-                    return abi.methodSignature(desc, method.name).then(function (signature) {
-                        extra.data = signature.slice(0, 2 + ETH_METHOD_SIGNATURE_LENGTH * 2) + parsed;
-                        return web3.eth.call(extra).then(onSuccess);
-                    });
+                    extra.data = signature + parsed;
+
+                    var result = web3.eth.call(extra);
+                    return outputParser[displayName][typeName](result);
                 },
                 transact: function (extra) {
                     extra = extra || {};
                     extra.to = address;
-                    return abi.methodSignature(desc, method.name).then(function (signature) {
-                        extra.data = signature.slice(0, 2 + ETH_METHOD_SIGNATURE_LENGTH * 2) + parsed;
-                        web3._currentContractAbi = desc;
-                        web3._currentContractAddress = address;
-                        return web3.eth.transact(extra).then(onSuccess);
-                    });
+                    extra.data = signature + parsed;
+
+                    /// it's used by natspec.js
+                    /// TODO: figure a better way to solve this
+                    web3._currentContractAbi = desc;
+                    web3._currentContractAddress = address;
+
+                    var result = web3.eth.transact(extra);
+                    return outputParser[displayName][typeName](result);
                 }
             };
         };