diff --git a/app/models/retraction.rb b/app/models/retraction.rb
index a42624bd2..c9cf8dd77 100644
--- a/app/models/retraction.rb
+++ b/app/models/retraction.rb
@@ -9,10 +9,11 @@ class Retraction
       retraction.post_id = object.person.id
       retraction.type = object.person.class.to_s
     else
-      retraction.post_id= object.id
+      retraction.post_id = object.id
       retraction.type = object.class.to_s
     end
     retraction.person_id = person_id_from(object)
+    retraction.send(:sign_if_mine)
     retraction
   end
 
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ class Retraction
   def perform receiving_user_id
     Rails.logger.debug "Performing retraction for #{post_id}"
     begin
-      return unless signature_valid?
+      return unless signature_valid? 
       Rails.logger.debug("Retracting #{self.type} id: #{self.post_id}")
       target = self.type.constantize.first(self.post_id)
       target.unsocket_from_uid receiving_user_id if target.respond_to? :unsocket_from_uid
@@ -62,7 +63,13 @@ class Retraction
     xml_reader :creator_signature
     
     def creator_signature
-      @creator_signature ||= sign if person_id == User.owner.id
+      object =  self.type.constantize.first(:id => post_id)
+
+      if object.class == Person && person_id == object.id
+        @creator_signature || sign_with_key(object.key)
+      elsif person_id == object.person.id
+        @creator_signature || sign_if_mine 
+      end
     end
 
     def creator_signature= input
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 730f3099a..9fef4edfb 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@ class User
 
     if object.is_a? Retraction
       object.perform self.id 
-      
     elsif object.is_a? Request
       person = Diaspora::Parser.get_or_create_person_object_from_xml( xml )
       person.serialized_key ||= object.exported_key
@@ -133,12 +132,11 @@ class User
       object.person.save
       object.save
       receive_friend_request(object)
-
     elsif object.is_a? Profile
       person = Diaspora::Parser.owner_id_from_xml xml
       person.profile = object
       person.save  
-    else 
+    elsif object.verify_creator_signature == true 
       Rails.logger.debug("Saving object with success: #{object.save}")
       object.socket_to_uid( id) if object.respond_to? :socket_to_uid
     end
diff --git a/spec/lib/diaspora_parser_spec.rb b/spec/lib/diaspora_parser_spec.rb
index da96e80d9..d3ab854ed 100644
--- a/spec/lib/diaspora_parser_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/diaspora_parser_spec.rb
@@ -39,15 +39,6 @@ describe Diaspora::Parser do
 
     end
   end 
-  it 'should discard types which are not of type post' do
-    xml = "<XML>
-      <post><person></person></post>
-    </XML>"
-    
-    @user.receive xml
-    Post.count.should == 0
-  end
-
 
   describe "parsing compliant XML object" do 
     before do
diff --git a/spec/models/retraction_spec.rb b/spec/models/retraction_spec.rb
index da11dbfae..5c8695fea 100644
--- a/spec/models/retraction_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/retraction_spec.rb
@@ -22,4 +22,6 @@ describe Retraction do
       @post.destroy
     end
   end
+
+
 end
diff --git a/spec/user_encryption_spec.rb b/spec/user_encryption_spec.rb
index 437c9124e..f03a1edab 100644
--- a/spec/user_encryption_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/user_encryption_spec.rb
@@ -3,12 +3,6 @@ include ApplicationHelper
 include Diaspora::Parser
 
 describe 'user encryption' do
-  before :all do
-    #ctx = GPGME::Ctx.new
-    #keys = ctx.keys
-    #keys.each{|k| ctx.delete_key(k, true)}
-    
-  end
   before do
     unstub_mocha_stubs
     @user = Factory.create(:user)
@@ -68,6 +62,17 @@ describe 'user encryption' do
       message = @user.post :status_message, :message => "hi"
       message.verify_creator_signature.should be true 
     end
+
+    it 'should sign a retraction on create' do
+
+      unstub_mocha_stubs
+      message = @user.post :status_message, :message => "hi"
+
+
+      retraction = Retraction.for(message)
+      retraction.verify_creator_signature.should be true
+
+    end
     
     it 'should not be able to verify a message from a person without a key' do 
       person = Factory.create(:person, :serialized_key => "lskdfhdlfjnh;klsf")
@@ -106,10 +111,14 @@ describe 'user encryption' do
       xml = message.to_xml.to_s
       xml.include?(message.creator_signature).should be true
     end
+
     it 'A message with an invalid signature should be rejected' do
-      message = Factory.build(:status_message, :person => @person)
+      @user2 = Factory.create :user
+
+      message = @user2.post :status_message, :message => "hey"
       message.creator_signature = "totally valid"
-      message.save
+      message.save(:validate => false)
+
       xml = message.to_diaspora_xml
       message.destroy
       Post.count.should be 0