diff --git a/onionr/core.py b/onionr/core.py
index 5281f4c6..9c57503f 100644
--- a/onionr/core.py
+++ b/onionr/core.py
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ class Core:
 
         return True
 
-    def insertBlock(self, data, header='txt', sign=False, encryptType='', symKey='', asymPeer='', meta = {}, expire=None):
+    def insertBlock(self, data, header='txt', sign=False, encryptType='', symKey='', asymPeer='', meta = {}, expire=None, disableForward=False):
         '''
             Inserts a block into the network
             encryptType must be specified to encrypt a block
@@ -765,16 +765,17 @@ class Core:
             pass
 
         if encryptType == 'asym':
-            try:
-                forwardEncrypted = onionrusers.OnionrUser(self, asymPeer).forwardEncrypt(data)
-                data = forwardEncrypted[0]
-                meta['forwardEnc'] = True
-            except onionrexceptions.InvalidPubkey:
-                pass
-                #onionrusers.OnionrUser(self, asymPeer).generateForwardKey()
-            fsKey = onionrusers.OnionrUser(self, asymPeer).generateForwardKey()
-            #fsKey = onionrusers.OnionrUser(self, asymPeer).getGeneratedForwardKeys().reverse()
-            meta['newFSKey'] = fsKey
+            if not disableForward and asymPeer != self._crypto.pubKey:
+                try:
+                    forwardEncrypted = onionrusers.OnionrUser(self, asymPeer).forwardEncrypt(data)
+                    data = forwardEncrypted[0]
+                    meta['forwardEnc'] = True
+                except onionrexceptions.InvalidPubkey:
+                    pass
+                    #onionrusers.OnionrUser(self, asymPeer).generateForwardKey()
+                fsKey = onionrusers.OnionrUser(self, asymPeer).generateForwardKey()
+                #fsKey = onionrusers.OnionrUser(self, asymPeer).getGeneratedForwardKeys().reverse()
+                meta['newFSKey'] = fsKey
         jsonMeta = json.dumps(meta)
         if sign:
             signature = self._crypto.edSign(jsonMeta.encode() + data, key=self._crypto.privKey, encodeResult=True)
diff --git a/onionr/onionrcrypto.py b/onionr/onionrcrypto.py
index 03da9213..8c15f144 100644
--- a/onionr/onionrcrypto.py
+++ b/onionr/onionrcrypto.py
@@ -210,12 +210,9 @@ class OnionrCrypto:
         ops = nacl.pwhash.argon2id.OPSLIMIT_SENSITIVE
         mem = nacl.pwhash.argon2id.MEMLIMIT_SENSITIVE
 
-        key = kdf(nacl.secret.SecretBox.KEY_SIZE, passphrase, salt, opslimit=ops, memlimit=mem)
-        key = nacl.public.PrivateKey(key, nacl.encoding.RawEncoder())
-        publicKey = key.public_key
-
-        return (publicKey.encode(encoder=nacl.encoding.Base32Encoder()),
-        key.encode(encoder=nacl.encoding.Base32Encoder()))
+        key = kdf(32, passphrase, salt, opslimit=ops, memlimit=mem) # Generate seed for ed25519 key
+        key = nacl.signing.SigningKey(key)
+        return (key.verify_key.encode(nacl.encoding.Base32Encoder).decode(), key.encode(nacl.encoding.Base32Encoder).decode())
 
     def pubKeyHashID(self, pubkey=''):
         '''Accept a ed25519 public key, return a truncated result of X many sha3_256 hash rounds'''