diff --git a/include/Makefile.am b/include/Makefile.am
index aff9543..09cd60a 100644
--- a/include/Makefile.am
+++ b/include/Makefile.am
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ PCPEXPORT = pcp.h \
             pcp/version.h \
             pcp/z85.h \
             pcp/zmq_z85.h \
-            pcp/ed.h
+            pcp/ed.h \
+	    pcp/base85.h
 
 nobase_include_HEADERS = $(PCPEXPORT)
diff --git a/include/Makefile.in b/include/Makefile.in
index e8fa52c..5624b52 100644
--- a/include/Makefile.in
+++ b/include/Makefile.in
@@ -241,7 +241,8 @@ PCPEXPORT = pcp.h \
             pcp/version.h \
             pcp/z85.h \
             pcp/zmq_z85.h \
-            pcp/ed.h
+            pcp/ed.h \
+	    pcp/base85.h
 
 nobase_include_HEADERS = $(PCPEXPORT)
 all: all-am
diff --git a/include/pcp/key.h b/include/pcp/key.h
index b02ce97..8088e6b 100644
--- a/include/pcp/key.h
+++ b/include/pcp/key.h
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ struct _pcp_pubkey_t {
 
 // the PBP public key format
 struct _pbp_pubkey_t {
-  byte sig[crypto_sign_BYTES];
   byte sigpub[crypto_box_PUBLICKEYBYTES];
   byte edpub[crypto_sign_PUBLICKEYBYTES];
   byte pub[crypto_box_PUBLICKEYBYTES];
diff --git a/libpcp/Makefile.am b/libpcp/Makefile.am
index d4bf0a0..9f68750 100644
--- a/libpcp/Makefile.am
+++ b/libpcp/Makefile.am
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ libpcp1_la_SOURCES = mac.c mem.c pad.c version.c \
 		    z85.c zmq_z85.c key.c randomart.c \
 		    vault.c fatal.c jenhash.c digital_crc32.c \
                     crypto.c ed.c keyhash.c scrypt.c \
-		    scrypt/crypto/sha256.c scrypt/crypto/crypto_scrypt-nosse.c
+		    scrypt/crypto/sha256.c scrypt/crypto/crypto_scrypt-nosse.c \
+		    base85.c
 
 include_HEADERS      = ../include/pcp.h
diff --git a/libpcp/Makefile.in b/libpcp/Makefile.in
index b8ca5b7..31260d8 100644
--- a/libpcp/Makefile.in
+++ b/libpcp/Makefile.in
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ libpcp1_la_LIBADD =
 am_libpcp1_la_OBJECTS = mac.lo mem.lo pad.lo version.lo z85.lo \
 	zmq_z85.lo key.lo randomart.lo vault.lo fatal.lo jenhash.lo \
 	digital_crc32.lo crypto.lo ed.lo keyhash.lo scrypt.lo \
-	sha256.lo crypto_scrypt-nosse.lo
+	sha256.lo crypto_scrypt-nosse.lo base85.lo
 libpcp1_la_OBJECTS = $(am_libpcp1_la_OBJECTS)
 DEFAULT_INCLUDES = -I.@am__isrc@ -I$(top_builddir)/include/pcp
 depcomp = $(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/config/depcomp
@@ -276,7 +276,8 @@ libpcp1_la_SOURCES = mac.c mem.c pad.c version.c \
 		    z85.c zmq_z85.c key.c randomart.c \
 		    vault.c fatal.c jenhash.c digital_crc32.c \
                     crypto.c ed.c keyhash.c scrypt.c \
-		    scrypt/crypto/sha256.c scrypt/crypto/crypto_scrypt-nosse.c
+		    scrypt/crypto/sha256.c scrypt/crypto/crypto_scrypt-nosse.c \
+		    base85.c
 
 include_HEADERS = ../include/pcp.h
 all: all-am
@@ -358,6 +359,7 @@ mostlyclean-compile:
 distclean-compile:
 	-rm -f *.tab.c
 
+@AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/base85.Plo@am__quote@
 @AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/crypto.Plo@am__quote@
 @AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/crypto_scrypt-nosse.Plo@am__quote@
 @AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/digital_crc32.Plo@am__quote@
diff --git a/man/pcp1.1 b/man/pcp1.1
index 6cd7a14..4902020 100644
--- a/man/pcp1.1
+++ b/man/pcp1.1
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
 .\" ========================================================================
 .\"
 .IX Title "PCP1 1"
-.TH PCP1 1 "2014-01-28" "PCP 0.2.0" "USER CONTRIBUTED DOCUMENTATION"
+.TH PCP1 1 "2014-01-30" "PCP 0.2.0" "USER CONTRIBUTED DOCUMENTATION"
 .\" For nroff, turn off justification.  Always turn off hyphenation; it makes
 .\" way too many mistakes in technical documents.
 .if n .ad l
diff --git a/src/keymgmt.c b/src/keymgmt.c
index 3a44739..aaa81a1 100644
--- a/src/keymgmt.c
+++ b/src/keymgmt.c
@@ -381,13 +381,26 @@ int pcp_importpublic (vault_t *vault, FILE *in, int pbpcompat) {
     int pnum;
     pbp_pubkey_t *b = ucmalloc(sizeof(pbp_pubkey_t));
     pub = ucmalloc(sizeof(pcp_pubkey_t));
- 
-    // fetch the key from the file
-    if(fread(b, 1, sizeof(pbp_pubkey_t), in) <  sizeof(pbp_pubkey_t) - 1024) {
-      fatal("PBP key seems to be too small, maybe it's not a PBP key\n");
+    unsigned char *buf = ucmalloc(2048);
+    unsigned char *bin = ucmalloc(2048);
+    size_t buflen;
+    size_t klen;
+
+    buflen = fread(buf, 1, 2048, in); // base85 encoded
+    klen = (buflen / 5) * 4;
+
+    if(decode_85(bin, (char *)buf, klen) != 0)
+      goto errimp1;
+
+    if(klen < sizeof(pbp_pubkey_t) - 1024 - crypto_sign_BYTES) {
+      fatal("PBP key seems to be too small, maybe it's not a PBP key (got %ld, expected %ld)\n",
+	    klen, sizeof(pbp_pubkey_t) - 1024);
       goto errimp1;
     }
 
+    // FIXME: or use first part as sig and verify
+    memcpy(b, &bin[crypto_sign_BYTES], klen - crypto_sign_BYTES);
+
     // parse the date
     date = ucmalloc(19);
     memcpy(date, b->iso_ctime, 18);
@@ -395,7 +408,7 @@ int pcp_importpublic (vault_t *vault, FILE *in, int pbpcompat) {
     struct tm c;
     if(strptime(date, "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S", &c) == NULL) {
       fatal("Failed to parse creation time in PBP public key file (<%s>)\n", date);
-      goto errimp1;
+      goto errimp2;
     }
 
     // parse the name
@@ -422,12 +435,18 @@ int pcp_importpublic (vault_t *vault, FILE *in, int pbpcompat) {
 
     free(b);
     free(date);
+    free(buf);
+    free(bin);
     goto kimp;
 
+  errimp2:
+    free(bin);
+
   errimp1:
     free(date);
     free(pub);
     free(b);
+    free(buf);
     return 1;
   }
   else {
diff --git a/src/keyprint.c b/src/keyprint.c
index a8c3c7d..5c7a2b3 100644
--- a/src/keyprint.c
+++ b/src/keyprint.c
@@ -226,39 +226,29 @@ void pcppubkey_print(pcp_pubkey_t *key, FILE* out, int pbpcompat) {
     // >>> dates='{:<32}{:<32}'.format(c.isoformat(), c.isoformat())
     // >>> dates
     // '2014-01-28T13:30:32.674394      2014-01-28T13:30:32.674394      '
-    size_t namelen = strlen(key->owner) + 3 + strlen(key->mail);
-    size_t rawsize = (crypto_box_PUBLICKEYBYTES * 2) + crypto_sign_PUBLICKEYBYTES +\
-                      64 + namelen;
-    size_t pos = 0;
-    unsigned char *raw = ucmalloc(rawsize);
-    char *dates = ucmalloc(65);
-    char *name = ucmalloc(strlen(key->owner) + 3 + strlen(key->mail));
-
-    memcpy(raw, key->pub, crypto_box_PUBLICKEYBYTES);
-    pos +=  crypto_box_PUBLICKEYBYTES;
-
-    memcpy(&raw[pos], key->edpub, crypto_sign_PUBLICKEYBYTES);
-    pos += crypto_sign_PUBLICKEYBYTES;
-
-    memcpy(&raw[pos], key->pub,  crypto_box_PUBLICKEYBYTES);
-    pos +=  crypto_box_PUBLICKEYBYTES;
+    size_t namelen = strlen(key->owner) + 2 + strlen(key->mail);
+    pbp_pubkey_t *b = ucmalloc(sizeof(pbp_pubkey_t));
+    memcpy(b->pub, key->pub, crypto_box_PUBLICKEYBYTES);
+    memcpy(b->edpub, key->edpub, crypto_sign_PUBLICKEYBYTES);
+    memcpy(b->sigpub, key->pub, crypto_box_PUBLICKEYBYTES);
+    sprintf(b->name, "%s<%s>", key->owner, key->mail);
 
     struct tm *v;
     time_t vt = t + 31536000;
     v = localtime(&vt);
 
-    sprintf(dates, "%04d-%02d-%02dT%02d:%02d:%02d             %04d-%02d-%02dT%02d:%02d:%02d             ",
+    char *date = ucmalloc(65);
+
+    sprintf(date, "%04d-%02d-%02dT%02d:%02d:%02d             %04d-%02d-%02dT%02d:%02d:%02d             ",
 	    c->tm_year+1900-1, c->tm_mon+1, c->tm_mday, // wtf? why -1?
 	    c->tm_hour, c->tm_min, c->tm_sec,
 	    v->tm_year+1900-1, v->tm_mon+1, v->tm_mday,
 	    v->tm_hour, v->tm_min, v->tm_sec);
 
-    sprintf(name, "%s<%s>", key->owner, key->mail);
+    memcpy(b->iso_ctime, date, 32);
+    memcpy(b->iso_expire, &date[32], 32);
 
-    memcpy(&raw[pos], dates, 64);
-    pos += 64;
-    
-    memcpy(&raw[pos], name, namelen);
+    size_t pbplen = sizeof(pbp_pubkey_t) - (1024 - namelen);
 
     pcp_key_t *secret = NULL;
     secret = pcp_find_primary_secret();
@@ -273,10 +263,16 @@ void pcppubkey_print(pcp_pubkey_t *key, FILE* out, int pbpcompat) {
       
       secret = pcpkey_decrypt(secret, passphrase);
       if(secret != NULL) {
-	size_t siglen = rawsize + crypto_sign_BYTES;
-	unsigned char *sig = pcp_ed_sign(raw, rawsize, secret);
-	if(sig != NULL)
-	  fwrite(sig, 1, siglen, out);
+	unsigned char *sig = pcp_ed_sign((unsigned char*)b, pbplen, secret);
+	if(sig != NULL) {
+	  size_t siglen = pbplen + crypto_sign_BYTES;
+	  size_t blen = ((siglen / 4) * 5) + siglen + 1;
+	  char *b85sig = ucmalloc(blen);
+	  encode_85(b85sig, sig, siglen);
+	  fprintf(out, "%s", b85sig);
+	  free(b85sig);
+	  free(sig);
+	}
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/keyprint.h b/src/keyprint.h
index 9e76a7e..22f1de2 100644
--- a/src/keyprint.h
+++ b/src/keyprint.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "pcp.h"
 #include "keymgmt.h"
 #include "keyhash.h"
+#include "base85.h"
 
 void pcp_dumpkey(pcp_key_t *k);
 void pcp_dumppubkey(pcp_pubkey_t *k);