diff --git a/src/conf.cpp b/src/conf.cpp
index bf85adf6..07432339 100644
--- a/src/conf.cpp
+++ b/src/conf.cpp
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ int rekey()
     if (load_config() != 0)
         return -1;
 
-    crypto::generate_signing_keys(cfg.pubkey, cfg.seckey);
+    crypto::generate_signing_keys(cfg.pubkey, cfg.seckey, cfg.keytype);
     if (binpair_to_b64() != 0)
         return -1;
 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ int create_contract()
 
     //We populate the in-memory struct with default settings and then save it to the file.
 
-    crypto::generate_signing_keys(cfg.pubkey, cfg.seckey);
+    crypto::generate_signing_keys(cfg.pubkey, cfg.seckey, cfg.keytype);
     if (binpair_to_b64() != 0)
         return -1;
 
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ int load_config()
 
     cfg.pubkeyb64 = d["pubkeyb64"].GetString();
     cfg.seckeyb64 = d["seckeyb64"].GetString();
+    cfg.keytype = d["keytype"].GetString();
     cfg.binary = d["binary"].GetString();
     cfg.binargs = d["binargs"].GetString();
     cfg.listenip = d["listenip"].GetString();
@@ -212,6 +213,7 @@ int save_config()
     d.AddMember("version", StringRef(util::hp_version), allocator);
     d.AddMember("pubkeyb64", StringRef(cfg.pubkeyb64.data()), allocator);
     d.AddMember("seckeyb64", StringRef(cfg.seckeyb64.data()), allocator);
+    d.AddMember("keytype", StringRef(cfg.keytype.data()), allocator);
     d.AddMember("binary", StringRef(cfg.binary.data()), allocator);
     d.AddMember("binargs", StringRef(cfg.binargs.data()), allocator);
     d.AddMember("listenip", StringRef(cfg.listenip.data()), allocator);
diff --git a/src/conf.hpp b/src/conf.hpp
index 5f42cbe4..207e45f2 100644
--- a/src/conf.hpp
+++ b/src/conf.hpp
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ struct contract_config
 
     string pubkeyb64;        // Contract base64 public key
     string seckeyb64;        // Contract base64 secret key
+    string keytype;          // Key generation algorithm used by libsodium
     string binary;           // Full path to the contract binary
     string binargs;          // CLI arguments to pass to the contract binary
     string listenip;         // The IPs to listen on for incoming connections
diff --git a/src/crypto.cpp b/src/crypto.cpp
index 0322a28d..41fdc17d 100644
--- a/src/crypto.cpp
+++ b/src/crypto.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ int init()
 /**
  * Generates a signing key pair using libsodium and assigns them to the provided strings.
  */
-void generate_signing_keys(string &pubkey, string &seckey)
+void generate_signing_keys(string &pubkey, string &seckey, string &keytype)
 {
     //Generate key pair using libsodium default algorithm. (Currently using ed25519)
 
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ void generate_signing_keys(string &pubkey, string &seckey)
 
     pubkey = string((char *)pubkeychars, crypto_sign_PUBLICKEYBYTES);
     seckey = string((char *)seckeychars, crypto_sign_SECRETKEYBYTES);
+    keytype = crypto_sign_primitive();
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/crypto.hpp b/src/crypto.hpp
index 53327645..8c5c29cf 100644
--- a/src/crypto.hpp
+++ b/src/crypto.hpp
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ namespace crypto
 
 int init();
 
-void generate_signing_keys(string &pubkey, string &seckey);
+void generate_signing_keys(string &pubkey, string &seckey, string &keytype);
 
 string sign(const string &msg, const string &seckey);