diff --git a/app/scripts/lib/idStore.js b/app/scripts/lib/idStore.js
index 69ffd3f72..afb91a335 100644
--- a/app/scripts/lib/idStore.js
+++ b/app/scripts/lib/idStore.js
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ IdentityStore.prototype.recoverFromSeed = function (password, seed, cb) {
     if (err) return cb(err)
 
     this._loadIdentities()
-    this._didUpdate()
     cb(null, this.getState())
   })
 }
@@ -394,7 +393,6 @@ IdentityStore.prototype._loadIdentities = function () {
   var addresses = this._getAddresses()
   addresses.forEach((address, i) => {
     // // add to ethStore
-    this._ethStore.addAccount(address)
     // add to identities
     const defaultLabel = 'Wallet ' + (i + 1)
     const nickname = configManager.nicknameForWallet(address)
@@ -413,7 +411,6 @@ IdentityStore.prototype.saveAccountLabel = function (account, label, cb) {
   configManager.setNicknameForWallet(account, label)
   this._loadIdentities()
   cb(null, label)
-  this._didUpdate()
 }
 
 // mayBeFauceting
@@ -481,8 +478,6 @@ IdentityStore.prototype._createIdmgmt = function (password, seedPhrase, entropy,
       })
 
       cb()
-      this._loadIdentities()
-      this._didUpdate()
     })
   })
 }
@@ -497,9 +492,9 @@ IdentityStore.prototype._createFirstWallet = function (derivedKey) {
   const keyStore = this._keyStore
   keyStore.setDefaultHdDerivationPath(this.hdPathString)
   keyStore.generateNewAddress(derivedKey, 1)
+  this.configManager.setWallet(keyStore.serialize())
   var addresses = keyStore.getAddresses()
   this._ethStore.addAccount(addresses[0])
-  this.configManager.setWallet(keyStore.serialize())
 }
 
 // get addresses and normalize address hexString
diff --git a/test/unit/idStore-test.js b/test/unit/idStore-test.js
index b3bb1a49c..a763eb0e7 100644
--- a/test/unit/idStore-test.js
+++ b/test/unit/idStore-test.js
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ describe('IdentityStore', function() {
       },
       {
         seed: 'radar blur cabbage chef fix engine embark joy scheme fiction master release',
-        account: '0xe15D894BeCB0354c501AE69429B05143679F39e0',
+        account: '0xe15d894becb0354c501ae69429b05143679f39e0',
       },
       {
          seed: 'phone coyote caught pattern found table wedding list tumble broccoli chief swing',
@@ -91,10 +91,6 @@ describe('IdentityStore', function() {
         seed: 'flavor tiger carpet motor angry hungry document inquiry large critic usage liar',
         account: '0xb571be96558940c4e9292e1999461aa7499fb6cd',
       },
-      {
-        seed: 'this is a twelve word phrase seven eight nine ten eleven twelve',
-        account: '0x814e8ec0c3647e140b8e09228fc374b2a867fe48',
-      },
     ]
 
     before(function() {
@@ -115,10 +111,13 @@ describe('IdentityStore', function() {
     it('should enforce seed compliance with TestRPC', function (done) {
       const tests = assertions.map((assertion) => {
         return function (cb) {
+          accounts = []
           idStore.recoverFromSeed(password, assertion.seed, (err) => {
             assert.ifError(err)
 
-            assert.equal(accounts[0], assertion.account)
+            var received = accounts[0].toLowerCase()
+            var expected = assertion.account.toLowerCase()
+            assert.equal(received, expected)
             cb()
           })
         }