diff --git a/cmd/wnode/main.go b/cmd/wnode/main.go
index 49736d7321f2..968f1fd49f6f 100644
--- a/cmd/wnode/main.go
+++ b/cmd/wnode/main.go
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/cmd/utils"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/hexutil"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/console"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
@@ -165,7 +166,7 @@ func echo() {
 	fmt.Printf("pow = %f \n", *argPoW)
 	fmt.Printf("mspow = %f \n", *argServerPoW)
 	fmt.Printf("ip = %s \n", *argIP)
-	fmt.Printf("pub = %s \n", common.ToHex(crypto.FromECDSAPub(pub)))
+	fmt.Printf("pub = %s \n", hexutil.Encode(crypto.FromECDSAPub(pub)))
 	fmt.Printf("idfile = %s \n", *argIDFile)
 	fmt.Printf("dbpath = %s \n", *argDBPath)
 	fmt.Printf("boot = %s \n", *argEnode)
@@ -298,7 +299,7 @@ func startServer() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	fmt.Printf("my public key: %s \n", common.ToHex(crypto.FromECDSAPub(&asymKey.PublicKey)))
+	fmt.Printf("my public key: %s \n", hexutil.Encode(crypto.FromECDSAPub(&asymKey.PublicKey)))
 	fmt.Println(server.NodeInfo().Enode)
 
 	if *bootstrapMode {