diff --git a/app/scripts/controllers/signMsgCtrl.js b/app/scripts/controllers/signMsgCtrl.js
index 90559d099a..60e1977b58 100644
--- a/app/scripts/controllers/signMsgCtrl.js
+++ b/app/scripts/controllers/signMsgCtrl.js
@@ -151,17 +151,21 @@ var signMsgCtrl = function($scope, $sce, walletService) {
               var connectApp = new MewConnectEth();
               var mewConnect = MewConnect.instance;
               connectApp.setMewConnect(mewConnect);
-              mewConnect.on('signMessage', (data) =>{
-                $scope.signMsg.signedMsg = JSON.parse(data);
-                $scope.notifier.success('Successfully Signed Message with ' + $scope.wallet.getAddressString());
-              })
-              mewConnect.on('sign', (data) =>{
-                $scope.signMsg.signedMsg = JSON.parse(data);
+              mewConnect.on('signMessage', function(data) {
+              $scope.signMsg.signedMsg = JSON.stringify({
+                    address: $scope.wallet.getAddressString(),
+                    msg: thisMessage,
+                    sig: data.sig,
+                    version: '3',
+                    signer: 'MEW'
+                }, null, 2);
                 $scope.notifier.success('Successfully Signed Message with ' + $scope.wallet.getAddressString());
-              })
-              //TODO hash message before send.  Currently sending as plain text
-              ethUtil.hashPersonalMessage(ethUtil.toBuffer(thisMessage)).toString('hex')
-              connectApp.signMessage(thisMessage);
+              });
+              var hashedMessage = ethUtil.hashPersonalMessage(ethUtil.toBuffer(thisMessage)).toString('hex');
+              connectApp.signMessage({
+                hash: hashedMessage,
+                text: thisMessage
+              });
 
               //================= Mew Connect (end)==============================
 
@@ -233,9 +237,7 @@ var signMsgCtrl = function($scope, $sce, walletService) {
     }
 
   $scope.reOpenDecryptWalletMEWconnect = function () {
-    if ($scope.globalService.currentTab === 11) {
       $scope.wd = false
-    }
   }
   globalFuncs.MEWconnectStatus.registerDecryptOpeners($scope.reOpenDecryptWalletMEWconnect.bind(this))
 
diff --git a/app/scripts/staticJS/mewConnectEth.js b/app/scripts/staticJS/mewConnectEth.js
index 0ff5a14e7f..d6c9486c9a 100644
--- a/app/scripts/staticJS/mewConnectEth.js
+++ b/app/scripts/staticJS/mewConnectEth.js
@@ -95,10 +95,8 @@ class MewConnectEth {
     this.comm.sendRtcMessage('signTx', JSON.stringify(sendTxData));
   }
 
-  signMessage(messageHex) {
-    var self = this;
-    var hashToSign = ethUtil.hashPersonalMessage(ethUtil.toBuffer(messageHex));
-    self.comm.sendRtcMessage('signMessage', hashToSign.toString('hex'));
+  signMessage(message) {
+    this.comm.sendRtcMessage('signMessage', message);
   }
 
   static getBrowserRTC() {