diff --git a/libretroshare/src/pgp/pgpkeyutil.h b/libretroshare/src/pgp/pgpkeyutil.h
index f327dd4c7..075f8cde5 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/pgp/pgpkeyutil.h
+++ b/libretroshare/src/pgp/pgpkeyutil.h
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class PGPKeyManagement
 
 		static void findLengthOfMinimalKey(const unsigned char *keydata,size_t key_len,size_t& minimal_key_len) ;
 		static std::string makeArmouredKey(const unsigned char *keydata,size_t key_size,const std::string& version_string) ;
-	private:
+
 		// Computes the 24 bits CRC checksum necessary to all PGP data.
 		// 
 		static uint32_t compute24bitsCRC(unsigned char *data,size_t len) ;
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/retroshare/rspeers.h b/libretroshare/src/retroshare/rspeers.h
index 809f26cf0..06b8eea8e 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/retroshare/rspeers.h
+++ b/libretroshare/src/retroshare/rspeers.h
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ virtual bool getAllowTunnelConnection() = 0 ;
 
 	/* Auth Stuff */
 virtual	std::string GetRetroshareInvite(const std::string& ssl_id,bool include_signatures,bool old_format = false) 			= 0;
+virtual bool GetPGPBase64StringAndCheckSum(const std::string& gpg_id,std::string& gpg_base64_string,std::string& gpg_base64_checksum) = 0 ;
 virtual	std::string GetRetroshareInvite(bool include_signatures,bool old_format = false) 			= 0;
 virtual  bool hasExportMinimal() = 0 ;
 
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/rsserver/p3peers.cc b/libretroshare/src/rsserver/p3peers.cc
index 583a736e5..e8984fb9c 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/rsserver/p3peers.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/rsserver/p3peers.cc
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
  *
  */
 
+#include "util/radix64.h"
+#include "pgp/pgpkeyutil.h"
+
 #include "rsserver/p3peers.h"
 #include "rsserver/p3face.h"
 
@@ -819,6 +822,31 @@ p3Peers::GetRetroshareInvite(bool include_signatures,bool old_format)
 	return GetRetroshareInvite(getOwnId(),include_signatures,old_format);
 }
 
+bool p3Peers::GetPGPBase64StringAndCheckSum(	const std::string& gpg_id,
+															std::string& gpg_base64_string,
+															std::string& gpg_base64_checksum) 
+{
+	gpg_base64_string = "" ;
+	gpg_base64_checksum = "" ;
+
+	unsigned char *mem_block ;
+	size_t mem_block_size ;
+
+	if(!AuthGPG::getAuthGPG()->exportPublicKey(PGPIdType(gpg_id),mem_block,mem_block_size,false,false))
+		return false ;
+
+	Radix64::encode((const char *)mem_block,mem_block_size,gpg_base64_string) ;
+
+	uint32_t crc = PGPKeyManagement::compute24bitsCRC((unsigned char *)mem_block,mem_block_size) ;
+
+	unsigned char tmp[3] = { (crc >> 16) & 0xff, (crc >> 8) & 0xff, crc & 0xff } ;
+	Radix64::encode((const char *)tmp,3,gpg_base64_checksum) ;
+
+	delete[] mem_block ;
+
+	return true ;
+}
+
 std::string p3Peers::GetRetroshareInvite(const std::string& ssl_id,bool include_signatures,bool old_format)
 {
 #ifdef P3PEERS_DEBUG
@@ -874,7 +902,7 @@ bool 	p3Peers::loadCertificateFromFile(const std::string &/*fname*/, std::string
         return false;
 }
 
-bool 	p3Peers::loadDetailsFromStringCert(const std::string &certstr, RsPeerDetails &pd,std::string& error_string)
+bool 	p3Peers::loadDetailsFromStringCert(const std::string &certstr, RsPeerDetails &pd,std::string& /*error_string*/)
 {
 #ifdef P3PEERS_DEBUG
 	std::cerr << "p3Peers::LoadCertificateFromString() ";
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/rsserver/p3peers.h b/libretroshare/src/rsserver/p3peers.h
index c5b484231..68dfd6d81 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/rsserver/p3peers.h
+++ b/libretroshare/src/rsserver/p3peers.h
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ virtual bool getAllowTunnelConnection() ;
 virtual	std::string GetRetroshareInvite(const std::string& ssl_id,bool include_signatures,bool old_format = false);
 // same but for own id
 virtual	std::string GetRetroshareInvite(bool include_signatures,bool old_format = false);
+virtual bool GetPGPBase64StringAndCheckSum(const std::string& gpg_id,std::string& gpg_base64_string,std::string& gpg_base64_checksum) ;
+
 virtual bool hasExportMinimal() ;
 
 virtual	bool loadCertificateFromFile(const std::string &fname, std::string &id, std::string &gpg_id);
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RetroShareLink.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RetroShareLink.cpp
index 5b83e55ca..3aaa323a2 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RetroShareLink.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RetroShareLink.cpp
@@ -286,42 +286,39 @@ bool RetroShareLink::createCertificate(const std::string& ssl_or_gpg_id)
 	// This is baaaaaad code:
 	// 	- we should not need to parse and re-read a cert in old format.
 	//
-	std::string invite = rsPeers->GetRetroshareInvite(ssl_or_gpg_id, false,true) ;
-
-	if(invite == "")
-	{
-		std::cerr << "RetroShareLink::createPerson() Couldn't get retroshare invite for ssl id: " << ssl_or_gpg_id << std::endl;
-		return false;
-	}
-
 	RsPeerDetails detail;
 	if (rsPeers->getPeerDetails(ssl_or_gpg_id, detail) == false) {
 		std::cerr << "RetroShareLink::createPerson() Couldn't find peer id " << ssl_or_gpg_id << std::endl;
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	//_ssl_id = QString::fromStdString(id);
-	QString gpg_base_64 = QString::fromStdString(invite).section("\n\n",1).section("-----",0,0) ;
+	std::string gpg_base_64_str = "" ;
+	std::string gpg_base_64_checksum_str = "" ;
 
-	_GPGBase64CheckSum = gpg_base_64.section("=",-1,-1).section("\n",0,0) ;
-	gpg_base_64 = gpg_base_64.section("\n=",0,0) ;
+	if(!rsPeers->GetPGPBase64StringAndCheckSum(detail.gpg_id,gpg_base_64_str,gpg_base_64_checksum_str))
+		return false ;
+
+	_GPGBase64String = QString::fromStdString(gpg_base_64_str) ;
+	_GPGBase64CheckSum = QString::fromStdString(gpg_base_64_checksum_str) ;
 
 	_type = TYPE_CERTIFICATE;
 
 	_GPGid = QString::fromStdString(detail.gpg_id).right(8);
-	if (detail.isOnlyGPGdetail) {
+
+	if(detail.isOnlyGPGdetail) 
+	{
 		_SSLid.clear();
 		_location.clear();
 		_ext_ip_port.clear();
 		_loc_ip_port.clear();
-	} else {
+	} 
+	else 
+	{
 		_SSLid = QString::fromStdString(ssl_or_gpg_id) ;
 		_location = QString::fromUtf8(detail.location.c_str()) ;
-		_ext_ip_port = QString::fromStdString(invite).section("--EXT--",1,1) ;
-		QString lst = QString::fromStdString(invite).section("--EXT--",0,0) ;
-		_loc_ip_port = lst.section("--LOCAL--",1,1) ;
+		_ext_ip_port = QString::fromStdString(detail.extAddr) + ":" + QString::number(detail.extPort) + ";" ;
+		_loc_ip_port = QString::fromStdString(detail.localAddr) + ":" + QString::number(detail.localPort) + ";" ;
 	}
-	_GPGBase64String = gpg_base_64.replace("\n","") ;
 	_name = QString::fromUtf8(detail.name.c_str()) ;
 
 	std::cerr << "Found gpg base 64 string   = " << _GPGBase64String.toStdString() << std::endl;