diff --git a/libretroshare/src/pgp/pgphandler.cc b/libretroshare/src/pgp/pgphandler.cc
index 3ed47202e..2814292e5 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/pgp/pgphandler.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/pgp/pgphandler.cc
@@ -82,10 +82,7 @@ PGPHandler::PGPHandler(const std::string& pubring, const std::string& secring,co
 	RsStackFileLock flck(_pgp_lock_filename) ;	// lock access to PGP directory.
 
 	if(_passphrase_callback == NULL)
-	{
 		std::cerr << "WARNING: before created a PGPHandler, you need to init the passphrase callback using PGPHandler::setPassphraseCallback()" << std::endl;
-		exit(-1) ;
-	}
 		
 	// Allocate public and secret keyrings.
 	// 
@@ -220,7 +217,7 @@ bool PGPHandler::validateAndUpdateSignatures(PGPCertificateInfo& cert,const ops_
 	ops_boolean_t res = ops_validate_key_signatures(result,keydata,_pubring,cb_get_passphrase) ;
 
 	if(res == ops_false)
-		std::cerr << "(EE) Error in PGPHandler::validateAndUpdateSignatures(). Validation failed for at least some signatures." << std::endl;
+		std::cerr << "(WW) Error in PGPHandler::validateAndUpdateSignatures(). Validation failed for at least some signatures." << std::endl;
 
 	bool ret = false ;
 
@@ -627,16 +624,25 @@ bool PGPHandler::getGPGDetailsFromBinaryBlock(const unsigned char *mem_block,siz
 	}
 
 	if(res == ops_false)
-		std::cerr << "(EE) Error in PGPHandler::validateAndUpdateSignatures(). Validation failed for at least some signatures." << std::endl;
+		std::cerr << "(WW) Error in PGPHandler::validateAndUpdateSignatures(). Validation failed for at least some signatures." << std::endl;
+
+	// also add self-signature if any (there should be!).
+	//
+	res = ops_validate_key_signatures(result,&tmp_keyring->keys[0],tmp_keyring,cb_get_passphrase) ;
+
+	if(res == ops_false)
+		std::cerr << "(WW) Error in PGPHandler::validateAndUpdateSignatures(). Validation failed for at least some signatures." << std::endl;
 
 	// Parse signers.
 	//
 
+	std::set<std::string> signers_set ;	// Use a set to remove duplicates.
+
 	if(result != NULL)
 		for(size_t i=0;i<result->valid_count;++i)
 		{
 			std::string signer_str = PGPIdType(result->valid_sigs[i].signer_id).toStdString() ;
-			signers.push_back(signer_str) ;
+			signers_set.insert(signer_str) ;
 		}
 
 	ops_validate_result_free(result) ;
@@ -644,6 +650,13 @@ bool PGPHandler::getGPGDetailsFromBinaryBlock(const unsigned char *mem_block,siz
 	ops_keyring_free(tmp_keyring) ;
 	free(tmp_keyring) ;
 
+	// write to the output variable
+	
+	signers.clear() ;
+
+	for(std::set<std::string>::const_iterator it(signers_set.begin());it!=signers_set.end();++it)
+		signers.push_back(*it) ;
+
 	return true ;
 }
 
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/tests/pgp/test_certificate.cc b/libretroshare/src/tests/pgp/test_certificate.cc
index 6ce26ae08..c03b958a7 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/tests/pgp/test_certificate.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/tests/pgp/test_certificate.cc
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 #include <fstream>
+#include <string.h>
 
 #include "argstream.h"
 //#include <pqi/cleanupxpgp.h>
+#include <retroshare/rspeers.h>
 #include <pgp/rscertificate.h>
+#include <pgp/pgphandler.h>
 
 int main(int argc,char *argv[])
 {
@@ -64,6 +67,21 @@ int main(int argc,char *argv[])
 		std::cerr << "Output from certificate (new format):" << std::endl;
 		std::cerr << cert.toStdString() << std::endl ;
 
+		std::string key_id ;
+		std::string name ;
+		std::list<std::string> signers ;
+
+		PGPHandler handler("toto1","toto2","toto3","toto4") ;
+handler.getGPGDetailsFromBinaryBlock(cert.pgp_key(),cert.pgp_key_size(),key_id,name,signers) ;
+
+		std::cerr << "Details loaded from certificate:" << std::endl;
+		std::cerr << "PGP id\t: " << key_id << std::endl;
+		std::cerr << "Key name\t: " << name << std::endl;
+		std::cerr << "Signers\t:" << std::endl;
+
+		for(std::list<std::string>::const_iterator it(signers.begin());it!=signers.end();++it)
+			std::cerr << "        " << *it << std::endl;
+
 		return 0;
 	}
 	catch(std::exception& e)
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/connect/ConnectFriendWizard.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/connect/ConnectFriendWizard.cpp
index 372ab63c0..6b244d48b 100755
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/connect/ConnectFriendWizard.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/connect/ConnectFriendWizard.cpp
@@ -260,7 +260,18 @@ void ConnectFriendWizard::initializePage(int id)
 			QString ts;
 			std::list<std::string>::iterator it;
 			for (it = peerDetails.gpgSigners.begin(); it != peerDetails.gpgSigners.end(); ++it) {
-				ts += QString("%1<%2>\n").arg(QString::fromUtf8(rsPeers->getPeerName(*it).c_str()), QString::fromStdString(*it));
+				{
+					std::string peer_name = rsPeers->getPeerName(*it) ;
+
+					// This is baaaad code. We should handle this kind of errors with proper exceptions.
+					// This happens because signers from a unknown key cannt be found in the keyring, including
+					// self-signatures.
+					//
+					if(peer_name == "[Unknown PGP Cert name]" && *it == peerDetails.gpg_id)
+						peer_name = peerDetails.name ;
+
+				ts += QString("%1<%2>\n").arg(QString::fromUtf8(peer_name.c_str()), QString::fromStdString(*it));
+				}
 			}
 
 			ui->nameEdit->setText(QString::fromUtf8(peerDetails.name.c_str()));