diff --git a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/util.go b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/util.go
index d04d6b4..06aa3e4 100644
--- a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/util.go
+++ b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/util.go
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ func hexify(data []byte) string {
 // extract pubkey from secret key
 // return as hex
 func getSignPubkey(sk []byte) string {
-	_, pk := seedToKeyPair(sk)
+	pk, _ := seedToKeyPair(sk)
 	return hexify(pk)
 }