diff --git a/src/ssb.c b/src/ssb.c
index 9059139d..9e92dcd5 100644
--- a/src/ssb.c
+++ b/src/ssb.c
@@ -1701,6 +1701,10 @@ bool tf_ssb_append_message_with_keys(tf_ssb_t* ssb, const char* author, const ui
 	uint8_t signature[crypto_sign_BYTES];
 	unsigned long long siglen;
 	bool valid = crypto_sign_detached(signature, &siglen, (const uint8_t*)json, len, private_key) == 0;
+	if (!valid)
+	{
+		tf_printf("crypto_sign_detached failed\n");
+	}
 
 	JS_FreeCString(context, json);
 	JS_FreeValue(context, jsonval);
@@ -1711,13 +1715,6 @@ bool tf_ssb_append_message_with_keys(tf_ssb_t* ssb, const char* author, const ui
 	JSValue sigstr = JS_NewString(context, signature_base64);
 	JS_SetPropertyStr(context, root, "signature", sigstr);
 
-	jsonval = JS_JSONStringify(context, root, JS_NULL, JS_NewInt32(context, 2));
-	len = 0;
-	json = JS_ToCStringLen(context, &len, jsonval);
-
-	JS_FreeCString(context, json);
-	JS_FreeValue(context, jsonval);
-
 	bool stored = false;
 	char id[sodium_base64_ENCODED_LEN(crypto_hash_sha256_BYTES, sodium_base64_VARIANT_ORIGINAL) + 7 + 1];
 	if (valid && tf_ssb_verify_and_strip_signature(ssb->context, root, id, sizeof(id), NULL, 0, NULL))