diff --git a/src/eckey.js b/src/eckey.js
index c5a715b..7be1688 100644
--- a/src/eckey.js
+++ b/src/eckey.js
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ ECKey.prototype.toBase64 = function() {
     return convert.bytesToBase64(this.toBytes())
 }
 
-ECKey.prototype.toString = ECKey.prototype.toWif
+ECKey.prototype.toString = ECKey.prototype.toHex
 
 ECKey.prototype.getAddress = function(version) {
     return this.getPub().getAddress(version)
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ ECPubKey.prototype.toWif = function(version) {
     return base58.checkEncode(this.toBytes(), version)
 }
 
-ECPubKey.prototype.toString = ECPubKey.prototype.toWif
+ECPubKey.prototype.toString = ECPubKey.prototype.toHex
 
 ECPubKey.prototype.getAddress = function(version) {
     var version = version || Network.mainnet.addressVersion;
diff --git a/test/hdwallet.js b/test/hdwallet.js
index 7d19473..631e46b 100644
--- a/test/hdwallet.js
+++ b/test/hdwallet.js
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ describe('HDWallet', function() {
         it('creates from binary seed', function() {
             var hd = new HDWallet(seed)
 
-            assert.equal(hd.priv, expectedPrivKey)
+            assert.equal(hd.priv.toWif(), expectedPrivKey)
             assert(hd.pub)
         })
 
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ describe('HDWallet', function() {
             it('creates from hex seed', function() {
                 var hd = HDWallet.fromSeedHex(b2h(seed))
 
-                assert.equal(hd.priv, expectedPrivKey)
+                assert.equal(hd.priv.toWif(), expectedPrivKey)
                 assert(hd.pub)
             })
         })
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ describe('HDWallet', function() {
             it('creates from string seed', function() {
                 var hd = HDWallet.fromSeedString(convert.bytesToString(seed))
 
-                assert.equal(hd.priv, expectedPrivKey)
+                assert.equal(hd.priv.toWif(), expectedPrivKey)
                 assert(hd.pub)
             })
         })