diff --git a/Application.h b/Application.h
index f1260050d..b8929e5cf 100644
--- a/Application.h
+++ b/Application.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "ConnectionPool.h"
 #include "KnownNodeList.h"
 #include "TimingService.h"
+#include "PubKeyCache.h"
 #include "ScopedLock.h"
 #include "Wallet.h"
 #include "database/database.h"
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ class Application
 	UniqueNodeList mUNL;
 	KnownNodeList mKnownNodes;
 	Wallet mWallet;
+	PubKeyCache mPKCache;
 	Database* mDatabase;
 
 
@@ -36,13 +38,14 @@ class Application
 public:
 	Application();
 
-	ConnectionPool& getConnectionPool(){ return(mConnectionPool); }
-	UniqueNodeList& getUNL(){ return(mUNL); }
-	Wallet& getWallet(){  return(mWallet); }
-	Database* getDB(){ return(mDatabase); }
+	ConnectionPool& getConnectionPool() { return(mConnectionPool); }
+	UniqueNodeList& getUNL() { return(mUNL); }
+	Wallet& getWallet() { return(mWallet); }
+	PubKeyCache& getPubKeyCache() { return mPKCache; }
+	Database* getDB() { return(mDatabase); }
 	ScopedLock getDBLock() { return ScopedLock(dbLock); }
 
-	void setDB(Database* db){ mDatabase=db; }
+	void setDB(Database* db) { mDatabase=db; }
 
 	//Serializer* getSerializer(){ return(mSerializer); }
 	//void setSerializer(Serializer* ser){ mSerializer=ser; }
diff --git a/PubKeyCache.cpp b/PubKeyCache.cpp
index db9a6df9b..0350a2aac 100644
--- a/PubKeyCache.cpp
+++ b/PubKeyCache.cpp
@@ -43,12 +43,13 @@ CKey::pointer PubKeyCache::locate(const uint160& id)
 	return ckp;
 }
 
-void PubKeyCache::store(const uint160& id, CKey::pointer key)
-{
+CKey::pointer PubKeyCache::store(const uint160& id, CKey::pointer key)
+{ // stored if needed, returns cached copy (possibly the original)
 	if(1)
 	{
 		boost::mutex::scoped_lock sl(mLock);
-		if(mCache[id]) return;
+		CKey::pointer cached(mCache[id]);
+		if(cached) return cached;
 		mCache[id]=key;
 	}
 	std::string sql="INSERT INTO PubKeys (ID, PubKey) VALUES ('";
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ void PubKeyCache::store(const uint160& id, CKey::pointer key)
 	sql.append(";");
 	ScopedLock sl(theApp->getDBLock());
 	theApp->getDB()->executeSQL(sql.c_str());
+	return key;
 }
 
 void PubKeyCache::clear()
diff --git a/PubKeyCache.h b/PubKeyCache.h
index 79db370cb..c2ffd82af 100644
--- a/PubKeyCache.h
+++ b/PubKeyCache.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ public:
 	PubKeyCache() { ; }
 
 	CKey::pointer locate(const uint160& id);
-	void store(const uint160& id, CKey::pointer key);
+	CKey::pointer store(const uint160& id, CKey::pointer key);
 	void clear(void);
 };