diff --git a/app/scripts/controllers/transactions.js b/app/scripts/controllers/transactions.js
index a2842ae44..707543c87 100644
--- a/app/scripts/controllers/transactions.js
+++ b/app/scripts/controllers/transactions.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ const async = require('async')
 const extend = require('xtend')
 const ObservableStore = require('obs-store')
 const ethUtil = require('ethereumjs-util')
-const denodeify = require('denodeify')
 const TxProviderUtil = require('../lib/tx-utils')
 const createId = require('../lib/random-id')
 const NonceTracker = require('../lib/nonce-tracker')
@@ -195,7 +194,7 @@ module.exports = class TransactionController extends EventEmitter {
       txMeta.txParams.nonce = nonceLock.nextNonce
       this.updateTx(txMeta)
       // sign transaction
-      const rawTx = await denodeify(this.signTransaction.bind(this))(txId)
+      const rawTx = await this.signTransaction(txId)
       await this.publishTransaction(txId, rawTx)
       // must set transaction to submitted/failed before releasing lock
       nonceLock.releaseLock()
@@ -231,32 +230,27 @@ module.exports = class TransactionController extends EventEmitter {
     }
   }
 
-  signTransaction (txId, cb) {
+  async signTransaction (txId) {
     const txMeta = this.getTx(txId)
     const txParams = txMeta.txParams
     const fromAddress = txParams.from
     // add network/chain id
     txParams.chainId = this.getChainId()
     const ethTx = this.txProviderUtils.buildEthTxFromParams(txParams)
-    this.signEthTx(ethTx, fromAddress).then(() => {
+    const rawTx = await this.signEthTx(ethTx, fromAddress).then(() => {
       this.setTxStatusSigned(txMeta.id)
-      cb(null, ethUtil.bufferToHex(ethTx.serialize()))
-    }).catch((err) => {
-      cb(err)
+      return ethUtil.bufferToHex(ethTx.serialize())
     })
+    return rawTx
   }
 
-  publishTransaction (txId, rawTx) {
+  async publishTransaction (txId, rawTx) {
     const txMeta = this.getTx(txId)
     txMeta.rawTx = rawTx
     this.updateTx(txMeta)
-    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      this.txProviderUtils.publishTransaction(rawTx, (err, txHash) => {
-        if (err) reject(err)
-        this.setTxHash(txId, txHash)
-        this.setTxStatusSubmitted(txId)
-        resolve()
-      })
+    await this.txProviderUtils.publishTransaction(rawTx).then((txHash) => {
+      this.setTxHash(txId, txHash)
+      this.setTxStatusSubmitted(txId)
     })
   }
 
@@ -435,8 +429,7 @@ module.exports = class TransactionController extends EventEmitter {
     const pending = this.getTxsByMetaData('status', 'submitted')
     // only try resubmitting if their are transactions to resubmit
     if (!pending.length) return
-    const resubmit = denodeify(this._resubmitTx.bind(this))
-    pending.forEach((txMeta) => resubmit(txMeta).catch((err) => {
+    pending.forEach((txMeta) => this._resubmitTx(txMeta).catch((err) => {
       /*
       Dont marked as failed if the error is a "known" transaction warning
       "there is already a transaction with the same sender-nonce
@@ -463,7 +456,7 @@ module.exports = class TransactionController extends EventEmitter {
     }))
   }
 
-  _resubmitTx (txMeta, cb) {
+  async _resubmitTx (txMeta, cb) {
     const address = txMeta.txParams.from
     const balance = this.ethStore.getState().accounts[address].balance
     if (!('retryCount' in txMeta)) txMeta.retryCount = 0
@@ -482,7 +475,7 @@ module.exports = class TransactionController extends EventEmitter {
     // Increment a try counter.
     txMeta.retryCount++
     const rawTx = txMeta.rawTx
-    this.txProviderUtils.publishTransaction(rawTx, cb)
+    return await this.txProviderUtils.publishTransaction(rawTx, cb)
   }
 
   // checks the network for signed txs and
diff --git a/app/scripts/lib/tx-utils.js b/app/scripts/lib/tx-utils.js
index aa0cb624f..8f6943937 100644
--- a/app/scripts/lib/tx-utils.js
+++ b/app/scripts/lib/tx-utils.js
@@ -106,8 +106,13 @@ module.exports = class txProviderUtils {
     return ethTx
   }
 
-  publishTransaction (rawTx, cb) {
-    this.query.sendRawTransaction(rawTx, cb)
+  publishTransaction (rawTx) {
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      this.query.sendRawTransaction(rawTx, (err, ress) => {
+        if (err) reject(err)
+        else resolve(ress)
+      })
+    })
   }
 
   validateTxParams (txParams, cb) {
diff --git a/test/unit/tx-controller-test.js b/test/unit/tx-controller-test.js
index a5af13915..7b86cfe14 100644
--- a/test/unit/tx-controller-test.js
+++ b/test/unit/tx-controller-test.js
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ describe('Transaction Controller', function () {
     })
 
 
-    it('does not overwrite set values', function () {
+    it('does not overwrite set values', function (done) {
       this.timeout(15000)
       const wrongValue = '0x05'
 
@@ -283,37 +283,35 @@ describe('Transaction Controller', function () {
       .callsArgWithAsync(0, null, wrongValue)
 
 
-      const signStub = sinon.stub(txController, 'signTransaction')
-      .callsArgWithAsync(1, null, noop)
+      const signStub = sinon.stub(txController, 'signTransaction', () => Promise.resolve())
 
-      const pubStub = sinon.stub(txController.txProviderUtils, 'publishTransaction')
-      .callsArgWithAsync(1, null, originalValue)
+      const pubStub = sinon.stub(txController.txProviderUtils, 'publishTransaction', () => Promise.resolve(originalValue))
 
-      return txController.approveTransaction(txMeta.id).then(() => {
+      txController.approveTransaction(txMeta.id).then(() => {
         const result = txController.getTx(txMeta.id)
         const params = result.txParams
 
         assert.equal(params.gas, originalValue, 'gas unmodified')
         assert.equal(params.gasPrice, originalValue, 'gas price unmodified')
-        assert.equal(result.hash, originalValue, 'hash was set')
+        assert.equal(result.hash, originalValue, `hash was set \n got: ${result.hash} \n expected: ${originalValue}`)
 
         estimateStub.restore()
         priceStub.restore()
         signStub.restore()
         pubStub.restore()
-      })
+        done()
+      }).catch(done)
     })
   })
 
   describe('#sign replay-protected tx', function () {
     it('prepares a tx with the chainId set', function (done) {
       txController.addTx({ id: '1', status: 'unapproved', metamaskNetworkId: currentNetworkId, txParams: {} }, noop)
-      txController.signTransaction('1', (err, rawTx) => {
-        if (err) return done('it should not fail')
+      txController.signTransaction('1').then((rawTx) => {
         const ethTx = new EthTx(ethUtil.toBuffer(rawTx))
         assert.equal(ethTx.getChainId(), currentNetworkId)
         done()
-      })
+      }).catch(done)
     })
   })