diff --git a/ethpub/pub.go b/ethpub/pub.go
index b475453af0..6a41f575cc 100644
--- a/ethpub/pub.go
+++ b/ethpub/pub.go
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ func (lib *PEthereum) createTx(key, recipient, valueStr, gasStr, gasPriceStr, sc
 	var keyPair *ethutil.KeyPair
 	var err error
 	if key[0:2] == "0x" {
-		keyPair, err = ethutil.NewKeyPairFromSec([]byte(ethutil.FromHex(key[0:2])))
+		keyPair, err = ethutil.NewKeyPairFromSec([]byte(ethutil.FromHex(key[2:])))
 	} else {
 		keyPair, err = ethutil.NewKeyPairFromSec([]byte(ethutil.FromHex(key)))
 	}
diff --git a/ethrpc/packages.go b/ethrpc/packages.go
index 34d7a3d6fb..3f57f69826 100644
--- a/ethrpc/packages.go
+++ b/ethrpc/packages.go
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ func (p *EthereumApi) GetStorageAt(args *GetStorageArgs, reply *string) error {
 		i, _ := new(big.Int).SetString(args.Key, 10)
 		hx = ethutil.Hex(i.Bytes())
 	}
+	ethutil.Config.Log.Debugf("[JSON] GetStorageAt(%s, %s)\n", args.Address, hx)
 	value := state.GetStorage(hx)
 	*reply = NewSuccessRes(GetStorageAtRes{Address: args.Address, Key: args.Key, Value: value})
 	return nil