diff --git a/app/scripts/lib/id-management.js b/app/scripts/lib/id-management.js
index e250943a0..2d42e1e30 100644
--- a/app/scripts/lib/id-management.js
+++ b/app/scripts/lib/id-management.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ function IdManagement (opts) {
   this.signTx = function (txParams) {
     // normalize values
     txParams.to = ethUtil.addHexPrefix(txParams.to)
-    txParams.from = ethUtil.addHexPrefix(txParams.from)
+    txParams.from = ethUtil.addHexPrefix(txParams.from.toLowerCase())
     txParams.value = ethUtil.addHexPrefix(txParams.value)
     txParams.data = ethUtil.addHexPrefix(txParams.data)
     txParams.gasLimit = ethUtil.addHexPrefix(txParams.gasLimit || txParams.gas)
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ function IdManagement (opts) {
 
   this.signMsg = function (address, message) {
     // sign message
-    var privKeyHex = this.exportPrivateKey(address)
+    var privKeyHex = this.exportPrivateKey(address.toLowerCase())
     var privKey = ethUtil.toBuffer(privKeyHex)
     var msgSig = ethUtil.ecsign(new Buffer(message.replace('0x', ''), 'hex'), privKey)
     var rawMsgSig = ethUtil.bufferToHex(concatSig(msgSig.v, msgSig.r, msgSig.s))
diff --git a/development/announcer.js b/development/announcer.js
index 8939244d3..273d5c90a 100644
--- a/development/announcer.js
+++ b/development/announcer.js
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ var changelog = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, '..', 'CHANGELOG.md')).toSt
 
 var log = changelog.split(version)[1].split('##')[0].trim()
 
-let msg = `**MetaMask ${version}** now published to the Chrome Store! It should be available over the next hour!\n${log}`
+let msg = `*MetaMask ${version}* now published to the Chrome Store! It should be available over the next hour!\n${log}`
 
 console.log(msg)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4f531e8fe..273117f8a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
     "through2": "^2.0.1",
     "vreme": "^3.0.2",
     "web3": "ethereum/web3.js#260ac6e78a8ce4b2e13f5bb0fdb65f4088585876",
-    "web3-provider-engine": "^8.1.3",
+    "web3-provider-engine": "^8.1.5",
     "web3-stream-provider": "^2.0.6",
     "xtend": "^4.0.1"
   },