diff --git a/types/certificate.go b/types/certificate.go
index 8e3f8e6..359a4ce 100644
--- a/types/certificate.go
+++ b/types/certificate.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"crypto/sha256"
 	"errors"
 
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
 	"github.com/status-im/keycard-go/apdu"
 )
 
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ func ParseCertificate(data []byte) (*Certificate, error) {
 	}
 
 	identPub := data[0:33]
-	sigData := data[33:97]
+	sigData := data[33:98]
 	msg := sha256.Sum256(identPub)
 
 	sig, err := ParseRecoverableSignature(msg[:], sigData)
@@ -58,25 +57,12 @@ func VerifyIdentity(challenge []byte, tlvData []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	sig := append(r, s...)
+	// TODO: investigate why verify signature fails but recovery works
+	_, err = calculateV(challenge, cert.identPub, r, s)
 
-	if !crypto.VerifySignature(cert.identPub, challenge, sig) {
+	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.New("invalid signature")
 	}
 
 	return compressPublicKey(cert.signature.pubKey), nil
 }
-
-func compressPublicKey(pubKey []byte) []byte {
-	if len(pubKey) == 33 {
-		return pubKey
-	}
-
-	if (pubKey[63] & 1) == 1 {
-		pubKey[0] = 3
-	} else {
-		pubKey[0] = 2
-	}
-
-	return pubKey[0:33]
-}
diff --git a/types/certificate_test.go b/types/certificate_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af473fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/types/certificate_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package types
+
+import (
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func hexMustDecode(str string) []byte {
+	out, _ := hex.DecodeString(str)
+	return out
+}
+
+func TestVerifyIdentity(t *testing.T) {
+	challenge := hexMustDecode("63acd6e02a8b5783551ff2836a9cbdf237c115c3ff018b943f044e6a69b19fe7")
+	response := hexMustDecode("a081ab8a620365c18485fe7018e11cb992011426803aa8e843c63aab9657aed7d3ee4b85a62a11188ada267db3312a84e1be27c01c736a89da7a1fe4f7e90ce297e74f00008e2bfdb06058374abfc1c026386d16ead7bbc19bc0645d2e7acf7b953169bbc1ac0130450220364c5ca937b7ca42861978f086d206cc569ef0bb2ea4c7de08929c2fcca7434d022100c87699ce4f977e6a7a4800343db9b6842b91ca873e56dfe3327d19a2d01af14e")
+	expectedKey := hexMustDecode("02fc929321aa94fea085b166994aa66590116252cf0235a03accaa2c8ab4595de5")
+
+	pubkey, err := VerifyIdentity(challenge, response)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, expectedKey, pubkey)
+}
diff --git a/types/signature.go b/types/signature.go
index 82a71d6..f9d551e 100644
--- a/types/signature.go
+++ b/types/signature.go
@@ -126,6 +126,10 @@ func calculateV(message, pubKey, r, s []byte) (v byte, err error) {
 			return v, err
 		}
 
+		if len(pubKey) == 33 {
+			rec = compressPublicKey(rec)
+		}
+
 		if bytes.Equal(pubKey, rec) {
 			return v, nil
 		}
@@ -133,3 +137,17 @@ func calculateV(message, pubKey, r, s []byte) (v byte, err error) {
 
 	return v, err
 }
+
+func compressPublicKey(pubKey []byte) []byte {
+	if len(pubKey) == 33 {
+		return pubKey
+	}
+
+	if (pubKey[63] & 1) == 1 {
+		pubKey[0] = 3
+	} else {
+		pubKey[0] = 2
+	}
+
+	return pubKey[0:33]
+}