diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2616bca0..0b66e330 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ The following applies to Ubuntu Bionic. Other distros may have different package
 * Run Onionr normally:  `$ ./onionr.sh start`
 * Run Onionr in background as daemon: `$ ./start-daemon.sh`
 * Open Onionr web interface  `$ ./onionr.sh openhome`
+* Gracefully stop Onionr from CLI `$ ./onionr.sh stop`
 
 # Help out
 
diff --git a/onionr/onionrcrypto/encryption/__init__.py b/onionr/onionrcrypto/encryption/__init__.py
index 0bcdde6b..caf9c0c0 100644
--- a/onionr/onionrcrypto/encryption/__init__.py
+++ b/onionr/onionrcrypto/encryption/__init__.py
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ def pub_key_encrypt(data, pubkey, encodedData=False):
 
 def pub_key_decrypt(data, pubkey='', privkey='', encodedData=False):
     '''pubkey decrypt (Curve25519, taken from Ed25519 pubkey)'''
+    if pubkey != '':
+        pubkey = unpaddedbase32.repad(bytesconverter.str_to_bytes(pubkey))
     decrypted = False
     if encodedData:
         encoding = nacl.encoding.Base64Encoder
diff --git a/onionr/onionrcrypto/signing/__init__.py b/onionr/onionrcrypto/signing/__init__.py
index a46aacc2..a62f5ba9 100644
--- a/onionr/onionrcrypto/signing/__init__.py
+++ b/onionr/onionrcrypto/signing/__init__.py
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 import base64, binascii
+
+import unpaddedbase32
 import nacl.encoding, nacl.signing, nacl.exceptions
+
+from onionrutils import bytesconverter
 import logger
 def ed_sign(data, key, encodeResult=False):
     '''Ed25519 sign data'''
+    key = unpaddedbase32.repad(bytesconverter.str_to_bytes(key))
     try:
         data = data.encode()
     except AttributeError:
@@ -17,6 +22,7 @@ def ed_sign(data, key, encodeResult=False):
 
 def ed_verify(data, key, sig, encodedData=True):
     '''Verify signed data (combined in nacl) to an ed25519 key'''
+    key = unpaddedbase32.repad(bytesconverter.str_to_bytes(key))
     try:
         key = nacl.signing.VerifyKey(key=key, encoder=nacl.encoding.Base32Encoder)
     except nacl.exceptions.ValueError: