Sign binary data not hash on eth_sign

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/app/scripts/lib/idStore.js b/app/scripts/lib/idStore.js
index e9b9e0e06..e77ba87f8 100644
--- a/app/scripts/lib/idStore.js
+++ b/app/scripts/lib/idStore.js
@@ -492,8 +492,8 @@ function IdManagement(opts) {
     // sign message
     var privKeyHex = this.exportPrivateKey(address)
     var privKey = ethUtil.toBuffer(privKeyHex)
-    var msgHash = ethUtil.sha3(message)
-    var msgSig = ethUtil.ecsign(msgHash, privKey)
+    var msgBuffer = new Buffer(message.replace('0x',''), 'hex')
+    var msgSig = ethUtil.ecsign(msgBuffer, privKey)
     var rawMsgSig = ethUtil.bufferToHex(concatSig(msgSig.v, msgSig.r, msgSig.s))
     return rawMsgSig
   }