diff --git a/src/main/java/com/syntifi/crypto/key/Secp256k1PublicKey.java b/src/main/java/com/syntifi/crypto/key/Secp256k1PublicKey.java
index b9960900..f63120c7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/syntifi/crypto/key/Secp256k1PublicKey.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/syntifi/crypto/key/Secp256k1PublicKey.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.syntifi.crypto.key;
 
+import com.casper.sdk.model.key.AlgorithmTag;
 import com.syntifi.crypto.key.encdec.Hex;
 import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
 import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ public void writePublicKey(final Writer writer) throws IOException {
     public Boolean verify(byte[] message, byte[] signature) {
 
         //We need the Public key's short key
-        byte[] keyToFind = (getKey().length > 33) ? getShortKey(getKey()) : getKey();
+        byte[] keyToFind = (getKey().length > AlgorithmTag.SECP256K1.getLength()) ? getShortKey(getKey()) : getKey();
 
         //Looping possible v's of the signature
         for (int i = 27; i <= 34; i++) {
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ public Boolean verify(byte[] message, byte[] signature) {
 
                 if (recoveredKey != null) {
 
-                    final byte[] keyFromSignature = getShortKey(recoveredKey.toByteArray());
+                    final byte[] keyFromSignature = getRecoveredShortKey(recoveredKey.toByteArray());
 
                     if (Arrays.equals(keyFromSignature, keyToFind)) {
                         return true;
@@ -120,7 +121,25 @@ public Boolean verify(byte[] message, byte[] signature) {
     public static byte[] getShortKey(final byte[] key) {
         final BigInteger pubKey = new BigInteger(key);
         final String pubKeyPrefix = pubKey.testBit(0) ? "03" : "02";
-        final byte[] pubKeyBytes = Arrays.copyOfRange(key, 0, 32);
+        final byte[] pubKeyBytes = Arrays.copyOfRange(key, 0, (AlgorithmTag.SECP256K1.getLength() - 1));
         return Hex.decode(pubKeyPrefix + Hex.encode(pubKeyBytes));
     }
+
+    /**
+     * There's around a 50% chance the elliptical curve algo will generate a 65 byte
+     * public key instead of 66 byte.
+     * Luckily the algo pads the first byte as zero when this happens
+     * Determine this and then return the byte array to be shortened
+     *
+     * @param key the key as a byte array
+     * @return short key as byte array
+     */
+    public static byte[] getRecoveredShortKey(final byte[] key){
+        if (key[0] == (byte) 0) {
+            return getShortKey(Arrays.copyOfRange(key, 1, (key.length - 1)));
+        } else {
+            return getShortKey(key);
+        }
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/syntifi/crypto/key/Secp256k1PublicKeyTests.java b/src/test/java/com/syntifi/crypto/key/Secp256k1PublicKeyTests.java
index 1d0f0fc1..a9b1a59f 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/syntifi/crypto/key/Secp256k1PublicKeyTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/syntifi/crypto/key/Secp256k1PublicKeyTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.syntifi.crypto.key;
 
+import com.casper.sdk.model.key.PublicKey;
 import com.syntifi.crypto.key.encdec.Hex;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.security.GeneralSecurityException;
 import java.text.DateFormat;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.Date;
@@ -146,4 +148,74 @@ void signAndRecoverPublicKey_4() throws URISyntaxException, IOException {
 
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void signAndRecoverPublicKey_5() throws GeneralSecurityException {
+
+        String publicKey = "02027fec2d969dd0779358c40abe2a772f309408348c2a1f413fddfe684a4287ba1a";
+        String signature = "2f26d3a896e5ad74bafc381455fc9bec808cea64b083b4a05e3dae43d80478820f59128c97bb50b52d5eba90eb29ec8dbd1b39fe6488bbc8c44a799e9a631878";
+        String hash = "92c983f3bb205b4f642f532dff837ebed56b19f11351da9181f6512e75a54a9b";
+
+        PublicKey key = new PublicKey();
+        key.createPublicKey(publicKey);
+
+        assert key.getPubKey().verify(Hex.decode(hash), Hex.decode(signature));
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void signAndRecoverPublicKey_6() throws GeneralSecurityException {
+
+        String publicKey = "02024c5e3ba7b1da49cda950319aec914cd3c720fbec3dcf25aa4add631e28f70aa9";
+        String signature = "ade1d9902ec5520e0f52052b329cc62620ac5e84294729c559ce979fe0cf22aa29a8cef7a9d985851da01f68b4049ad9db3d310440cafcb3b5fe40ed6040aa1e";
+        String hash = "57a2fc930ab83f6bf5b3f1d7d5d1bd05ccd20dcbe3135f7c21a0553650d220e6";
+
+        PublicKey key = new PublicKey();
+        key.createPublicKey(publicKey);
+
+        assert key.getPubKey().verify(Hex.decode(hash), Hex.decode(signature));
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void signAndRecoverPublicKey_7() throws GeneralSecurityException {
+
+        String publicKey = "0203b34ffdb855f8654f7f3805257844fe08d4055bcf75bbbb19b78463e34ba8b932";
+        String signature = "29d7ea92f1193c13c7ab5d90dfdfab75f52fd49047b9bb4fafc9962a7a1e0d2a36828d93d0d95080f53c625a2f2111dd86c37391f9a05a7ea5a1f2abba579476";
+        String hash = "3fa94f85c55a44a8afc2944914eb38720cc85d4b130809f8409a8c7e3e677298";
+
+        PublicKey key = new PublicKey();
+        key.createPublicKey(publicKey);
+
+        assert key.getPubKey().verify(Hex.decode(hash), Hex.decode(signature));
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void signAndRecoverPublicKey_8() throws GeneralSecurityException {
+
+        String publicKey = "020287a38f11ac7aab689205912b981c21b80cf1efdd7541bd09cbe1e6ad6e8f188c";
+        String signature = "d1a796f1221e2256dbe85904e2c3d07be52c1482f8b3cfdce0bef0b6d4c5fc5537e3d8720054888eba9ddcb4c6ff388fabb5c09143000980e6af9096ee163524";
+        String hash = "1df13c9aaa8217657b7e5ec2442594735eeb4ca7e764877b3d2b593c3909d15f";
+
+        PublicKey key = new PublicKey();
+        key.createPublicKey(publicKey);
+
+        assert key.getPubKey().verify(Hex.decode(hash), Hex.decode(signature));
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void signAndRecoverPublicKey_9() throws GeneralSecurityException {
+        String publicKey = "0202ea6c7f7f281078af87e79a3856d500da39d35743d8253c9bc1fce7b1da0a3536";
+        String signature = "c808c81f8db9a3a7364b0d884968c74427ace3fbd66cef9a8f0235e570b2774407071b63094446992e37c8f0e7d154bacd882d583fa2bfb043c884e445da56aa";
+        String hash = "e96cb427900710e89e39f3a69b8f576c8b5cb3085702f3c33c46fcbb115f1775";
+
+        PublicKey key = new PublicKey();
+        key.createPublicKey(publicKey);
+
+        assert key.getPubKey().verify(Hex.decode(hash), Hex.decode(signature));
+
+    }
+
+
 }