diff --git a/WalletKey.js b/WalletKey.js
index 1fb8c23..0958509 100644
--- a/WalletKey.js
+++ b/WalletKey.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ function ClassSpec(b) {
 	var coinUtil = require('./util/util');
 	var timeUtil = require('./util/time');
 	var KeyModule = require('./Key');
+	var PrivateKey = require('./PrivateKey').class();
 	var Address = require('./Address').class();
 
 	function WalletKey(cfg) {
@@ -21,9 +22,10 @@ function ClassSpec(b) {
 		var pubKey = this.privKey.public.toString('hex');
 		var pubKeyHash = coinUtil.sha256ripe160(this.privKey.public);
 		var addr = new Address(this.network.addressPubkey, pubKeyHash);
+		var priv = new PrivateKey(this.network.keySecret, this.privKey.private, this.privKey.compressed);
 		var obj = {
 			created: this.created,
-			priv: this.privKey.private.toString('hex'),
+			priv: priv.toString(),
 			pub: pubKey,
 			addr: addr.toString(),
 		};
@@ -34,10 +36,18 @@ function ClassSpec(b) {
 	WalletKey.prototype.fromObj = function(obj) {
 		this.created = obj.created;
 		this.privKey = new KeyModule.Key();
-		this.privKey.private = new Buffer(obj.priv, 'hex');
+		if (obj.priv.length==64) {
+			this.privKey.private = new Buffer(obj.priv,'hex');
+			this.privKey.compressed = true;
+		}
+		else {
+			var priv = new PrivateKey(obj.priv);
+			this.privKey.private = new Buffer(priv.payload());
+			this.privKey.compressed = priv.compressed();
+		}
+		this.privKey.regenerateSync();
 	};
 
 	return WalletKey;
 };
 module.defineClass(ClassSpec);
-