diff --git a/core/auth/v2/authenticator.go b/core/auth/v2/authenticator.go
index ecd8b0ba7..4f507aec8 100644
--- a/core/auth/v2/authenticator.go
+++ b/core/auth/v2/authenticator.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 
 	core "github.com/Layr-Labs/eigenda/core/v2"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
 )
 
@@ -37,9 +38,10 @@ func (*authenticator) AuthenticateBlobRequest(header *core.BlobHeader) error {
 	}
 
 	accountId := header.PaymentMetadata.AccountID
-	pubKey := crypto.PubkeyToAddress(*sigPublicKeyECDSA).Hex()
+	accountAddr := common.HexToAddress(accountId)
+	pubKeyAddr := crypto.PubkeyToAddress(*sigPublicKeyECDSA)
 
-	if pubKey != accountId {
+	if accountAddr.Cmp(pubKeyAddr) != 0 {
 		return errors.New("signature doesn't match with provided public key")
 	}
 
@@ -59,9 +61,10 @@ func (*authenticator) AuthenticatePaymentStateRequest(sig []byte, accountId stri
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to recover public key from signature: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	pubKey := crypto.PubkeyToAddress(*sigPublicKeyECDSA).Hex()
+	accountAddr := common.HexToAddress(accountId)
+	pubKeyAddr := crypto.PubkeyToAddress(*sigPublicKeyECDSA)
 
-	if pubKey != accountId {
+	if accountAddr.Cmp(pubKeyAddr) != 0 {
 		return errors.New("signature doesn't match with provided public key")
 	}
 
diff --git a/core/auth/v2/signer_test.go b/core/auth/v2/signer_test.go
index f49b1cfb0..9c31d1a81 100644
--- a/core/auth/v2/signer_test.go
+++ b/core/auth/v2/signer_test.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 
 func TestGetAccountID(t *testing.T) {
 	// Test case with known private key and expected account ID
-	// privateKey := "73ae7e3a40b59caacb1cda8fa04f4e7fa5bb2b37101f9f3506290c201f57bf7b"
 	privateKey := "0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcded"
 	expectedAccountID := "0x1aa8226f6d354380dDE75eE6B634875c4203e522"