diff --git a/crypto_dev_signer/eth/signer/defaultsigner.py b/crypto_dev_signer/eth/signer/defaultsigner.py
index a31b6c3..43cbec2 100644
--- a/crypto_dev_signer/eth/signer/defaultsigner.py
+++ b/crypto_dev_signer/eth/signer/defaultsigner.py
@@ -40,15 +40,18 @@ class ReferenceSigner(Signer):
         return z
 
 
-    def sign_transaction_to_rlp(self, tx, password=None):
+    def sign_transaction_to_wire(self, tx, password=None):
         chain_id = int.from_bytes(tx.v, byteorder='big')
         sig = self.sign_transaction(tx, password)
         tx.apply_signature(chain_id, sig)
         return tx.rlp_serialize()
 
 
-    def sign_ethereum_message(self, address, message, password=None):
-        
+    def sign_transaction_to_rlp(self, tx, password=None):
+        return self.sign_transaction_to_wire(tx, password=password)
+
+
+    def sign_message(self, address, message, password=None):
         #k = keys.PrivateKey(self.keyGetter.get(address, password))
         #z = keys.ecdsa_sign(message_hash=g, private_key=k)
         if type(message).__name__ == 'str':
@@ -71,6 +74,10 @@ class ReferenceSigner(Signer):
         return z
 
 
+    def sign_ethereum_message(self, address, message, password=None):
+        return self.sign_message(address, message, password=None)
+
+
     # TODO: generic sign should be moved to non-eth context
     def sign_pure(self, address, message, password=None):
         pk = coincurve.PrivateKey(secret=self.keyGetter.get(address, password))
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f7e5262..6233dfe 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ f.close()
 
 setup(
         name="crypto-dev-signer",
-        version="0.4.14rc1",
+        version="0.4.15a1",
         description="A signer and keystore daemon and library for cryptocurrency software development",
         author="Louis Holbrook",
         author_email="dev@holbrook.no",