diff --git a/consensus/pre_prepare_pool.go b/consensus/pre_prepare_pool.go
index 0f0c1fb..ae241cb 100644
--- a/consensus/pre_prepare_pool.go
+++ b/consensus/pre_prepare_pool.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/Secured-Finance/dione/cache"
 
 	"github.com/Secured-Finance/dione/consensus/validation"
+	_ "github.com/Secured-Finance/dione/consensus/validation/filecoin" // enable filecoin validation
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/go-state-types/crypto"
 
 	types2 "github.com/Secured-Finance/dione/consensus/types"
diff --git a/consensus/validation/filecoin/filecoin.go b/consensus/validation/filecoin/filecoin.go
index af9322d..271ce5a 100644
--- a/consensus/validation/filecoin/filecoin.go
+++ b/consensus/validation/filecoin/filecoin.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ func ValidateGetTransaction(payload []byte) error {
 	}
 
 	if msg.Type == ftypes.MessageTypeSecp256k1 {
-		if err := sigs.Verify(msg.Signature, msg.Message.From.Bytes(), msg.Message.Cid().Bytes()); err != nil {
+		if err := sigs.Verify(&msg.Signature, msg.Message.From.Bytes(), msg.Message.Cid().Bytes()); err != nil {
 			logrus.Errorf("Couldn't verify transaction %v", err)
 			return xerrors.Errorf("Couldn't verify transaction: %v")
 		}
diff --git a/rpc/filecoin/types/filecoin-message.go b/rpc/filecoin/types/filecoin-message.go
index 6ea5005..ee6a7de 100644
--- a/rpc/filecoin/types/filecoin-message.go
+++ b/rpc/filecoin/types/filecoin-message.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 
 type SignedMessage struct {
 	Message   ltypes.Message
-	Signature *types.Signature
+	Signature types.Signature
 	Type      MessageType
 }
 
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ func (t MessageType) Name() (string, error) {
 // CBOR operations from lotus
 
 func (t *SignedMessage) UnmarshalCBOR(r io.Reader) error {
-	*t = SignedMessage{}
-
 	br := cbg.GetPeeker(r)
 	scratch := make([]byte, 8)
 
@@ -58,21 +56,14 @@ func (t *SignedMessage) UnmarshalCBOR(r io.Reader) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("cbor input had wrong number of fields")
 	}
 
-	{
-
-		if err := t.Message.UnmarshalCBOR(br); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("unmarshaling t.Message: %w", err)
-		}
-
+	if err := t.Message.UnmarshalCBOR(br); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unmarshaling t.Message: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	{
-
-		if err := t.Signature.UnmarshalCBOR(br); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("unmarshaling t.Signature: %w", err)
-		}
-
+	if err := t.Signature.UnmarshalCBOR(br); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unmarshaling t.Signature: %w", err)
 	}
+
 	return nil
 }