diff --git a/lib/decrypt.js b/lib/decrypt.js
index 87fe9c9..6f35819 100644
--- a/lib/decrypt.js
+++ b/lib/decrypt.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-var base58 = require('base58-native');
+var base58 = require('bs58');
 var crypto = require('crypto');
 
 module.exports = function decrypt(password, str) {
   var aes256 = crypto.createDecipher('aes-256-cbc', password);
-  var a      = aes256.update(base58.decode(str));
+  var a      = aes256.update(new Buffer(base58.decode(str)));
   var b      = aes256.final();
   var buf    = new Buffer(a.length + b.length);
 
diff --git a/lib/encrypt.js b/lib/encrypt.js
index ec40873..beb3243 100644
--- a/lib/encrypt.js
+++ b/lib/encrypt.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-var base58 = require('base58-native');
+var base58 = require('bs58');
 var crypto = require('crypto');
 
 module.exports = function encrypt(password, str) {
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ module.exports = function encrypt(password, str) {
 
   a.copy(buf, 0);
   b.copy(buf, a.length);
-  
+
   return base58.encode(buf);
 };
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index eefd2f9..c244ed5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
     "bs58": "^2.0.0",
     "request": "^2.36.0",
     "express": "^4.3.1",
-    "base58-native": "^0.1.4",
     "body-parser": "^1.2.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/test/test.bitauth.js b/test/test.bitauth.js
index 037c228..607d6e5 100644
--- a/test/test.bitauth.js
+++ b/test/test.bitauth.js
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ describe('bitauth', function() {
   var contract  = 'keyboard cat';
   var secret    = 'o hai, nsa. how i do teh cryptos?';
   var password  = 's4705hiru13z!';
-
+  var encryptedSecret = '291Dm9unZMwfxBA7BEHiQsraRxCrMRqwJ2TjCWwEH3Sp5QGMehNFNgZLo62sgF5Khe';
+ 
   // signature from generate keys
   var signature = null;
   var enc       = null;
@@ -177,6 +178,14 @@ describe('bitauth', function() {
       it('should decrypt the secret message', function(done) {
         var dec = bitauth.decrypt(password, enc);
         should.exist(dec);
+        dec.should.equal(secret);
+        done();
+      });
+
+      it('should decrypt a previously known message', function(done) {
+        var dec = bitauth.decrypt(password, encryptedSecret);
+        should.exist(dec);
+        dec.should.equal(secret);
         done();
       });