diff --git a/cmix/nodes/request.go b/cmix/nodes/request.go
index 7c0664f513a550957216deb4c7a7e0c003b573fe..fe2d620c2b6590edf45c807ccca7bc1886b9ef20 100644
--- a/cmix/nodes/request.go
+++ b/cmix/nodes/request.go
@@ -202,6 +202,10 @@ func processRequestResponse(signedKeyResponse *pb.SignedKeyResponse,
 	jww.TRACE.Printf("DH for reg took %s", time.Since(start))
 
 	// Verify the HMAC
+	jww.TRACE.Printf("[ClientKeyHMAC] Session Key Bytes: %+v", sessionKey.Bytes())
+	jww.TRACE.Printf("[ClientKeyHMAC] EncryptedClientKey: %+v", keyResponse.EncryptedClientKey)
+	jww.TRACE.Printf("[ClientKeyHMAC] EncryptedClientKeyHMAC: %+v", keyResponse.EncryptedClientKeyHMAC)
+
 	if !registration.VerifyClientHMAC(sessionKey.Bytes(),
 		keyResponse.EncryptedClientKey, opts.Hash.New,
 		keyResponse.EncryptedClientKeyHMAC) {
diff --git a/connect/crypto_test.go b/connect/crypto_test.go
index 6e7089529e9903f7ad0c167127f5dc14b8fc78d1..0cec007eb478ab853a180e01213f41ac65256585 100644
--- a/connect/crypto_test.go
+++ b/connect/crypto_test.go
@@ -9,13 +9,36 @@ package connect
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"testing"
+
 	"gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto/signature/rsa"
 	"gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto/xx"
 	"gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives/id"
-	"testing"
 )
 
-var expectedSig = []byte{187, 204, 247, 50, 98, 78, 28, 104, 15, 123, 40, 138, 202, 195, 4, 176, 246, 11, 97, 148, 47, 134, 15, 25, 97, 196, 88, 207, 85, 5, 149, 140, 47, 106, 89, 19, 19, 18, 209, 205, 163, 177, 176, 246, 237, 215, 242, 199, 69, 26, 47, 124, 212, 115, 102, 59, 214, 181, 22, 76, 43, 134, 136, 158, 39, 47, 107, 182, 169, 102, 201, 205, 224, 220, 245, 125, 244, 19, 104, 187, 239, 194, 243, 172, 82, 31, 135, 254, 80, 54, 147, 249, 209, 240, 79, 91, 83, 183, 247, 203, 96, 135, 69, 250, 79, 129, 234, 70, 215, 98, 65, 182, 112, 31, 53, 254, 18, 139, 11, 188, 247, 235, 236, 61, 30, 21, 164, 128}
+// NOTE: there are 2 signatures to deal with race condition-styled behaviors
+// added in recent versions of go. Basically one or the other of the following
+// will be generated.
+var expectedSig1 = []byte{139, 67, 63, 6, 185, 76, 60, 217, 163, 84,
+	251, 231, 197, 6, 33, 179, 53, 66, 88, 75, 105, 191, 16, 71,
+	126, 4, 16, 11, 41, 237, 34, 245, 242, 97, 44, 58, 154, 120,
+	58, 235, 240, 140, 223, 80, 232, 51, 94, 247, 226, 217, 79,
+	194, 215, 46, 187, 157, 55, 167, 180, 179, 12, 228, 205, 98,
+	132, 200, 146, 180, 142, 0, 230, 79, 0, 129, 39, 205, 67, 79,
+	252, 62, 187, 125, 130, 232, 125, 41, 99, 63, 106, 79, 234,
+	131, 109, 103, 189, 149, 45, 169, 227, 85, 164, 121, 103, 254,
+	19, 224, 236, 28, 187, 38, 240, 132, 192, 227, 145, 140, 56,
+	196, 91, 48, 228, 242, 123, 142, 123, 221, 159, 160}
+
+var expectedSig2 = []byte{187, 204, 247, 50, 98, 78, 28, 104, 15, 123,
+	40, 138, 202, 195, 4, 176, 246, 11, 97, 148, 47, 134, 15, 25, 97, 196,
+	88, 207, 85, 5, 149, 140, 47, 106, 89, 19, 19, 18, 209, 205, 163, 177,
+	176, 246, 237, 215, 242, 199, 69, 26, 47, 124, 212, 115, 102, 59, 214,
+	181, 22, 76, 43, 134, 136, 158, 39, 47, 107, 182, 169, 102, 201, 205,
+	224, 220, 245, 125, 244, 19, 104, 187, 239, 194, 243, 172, 82, 31,
+	135, 254, 80, 54, 147, 249, 209, 240, 79, 91, 83, 183, 247, 203, 96,
+	135, 69, 250, 79, 129, 234, 70, 215, 98, 65, 182, 112, 31, 53, 254,
+	18, 139, 11, 188, 247, 235, 236, 61, 30, 21, 164, 128}
 
 type CountingReader struct {
 	count uint8
@@ -60,9 +83,10 @@ func TestSignVerify_Consistency(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("Verify error: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	if !bytes.Equal(signature, expectedSig) {
+	if !bytes.Equal(signature, expectedSig1) &&
+		!bytes.Equal(signature, expectedSig2) {
 		t.Errorf("Consistency test failed."+
-			"\nExpected: %v"+
-			"\nReceived: %v", expectedSig, signature)
+			"\nExpected1: %v\nExpected2: %v"+
+			"\nReceived: %v", expectedSig1, expectedSig2, signature)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/fileTransfer/store/received.go b/fileTransfer/store/received.go
index c1add4a985d26eedddff7a33676c782ba18be7f3..a62ce9acf7e6dfce7193f381345a0997ad61283a 100644
--- a/fileTransfer/store/received.go
+++ b/fileTransfer/store/received.go
@@ -9,12 +9,13 @@ package store
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"sync"
+
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	jww "github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman"
 	"gitlab.com/elixxir/client/v4/storage/versioned"
 	ftCrypto "gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto/fileTransfer"
 	"gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives/netTime"
-	"sync"
 )
 
 // Storage keys and versions.