diff --git a/rpc/src/v1/impls/eth.rs b/rpc/src/v1/impls/eth.rs
index 16b68f90f..91ccaa05a 100644
--- a/rpc/src/v1/impls/eth.rs
+++ b/rpc/src/v1/impls/eth.rs
@@ -260,11 +260,15 @@ impl Eth for EthClient {
 				let client = take_weak!(self.client);
 				let store = client.secret_store().read().unwrap();
 				match store.account_secret(&transaction_request.from) {
-					Ok(_) => {
-						// todo: actually sign and push to queue transaction here
-						Ok(Value::Bool(true))
+					Ok(secret) => {
+						let sync = take_weak!(self.sync);
+						let (transaction, _) = transaction_request.to_eth();
+						let signed_transaction = transaction.sign(&secret);
+						let hash = signed_transaction.hash();
+						sync.insert_transaction(signed_transaction);
+						to_value(&hash)
 					},
-					Err(_) => { Ok(Value::Bool(false ))}
+					Err(_) => { to_value(&U256::zero()) }
 				}
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/rpc/src/v1/types/bytes.rs b/rpc/src/v1/types/bytes.rs
index 44809ac70..466fbebde 100644
--- a/rpc/src/v1/types/bytes.rs
+++ b/rpc/src/v1/types/bytes.rs
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ impl Bytes {
 	pub fn new(bytes: Vec<u8>) -> Bytes {
 		Bytes(bytes)
 	}
+	pub fn to_vec(self) -> Vec<u8> { let Bytes(x) = self; x }
 }
 
 impl Default for Bytes {
diff --git a/rpc/src/v1/types/transaction.rs b/rpc/src/v1/types/transaction.rs
index c24bcd08f..17b42cfcf 100644
--- a/rpc/src/v1/types/transaction.rs
+++ b/rpc/src/v1/types/transaction.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ use ethcore::transaction::{LocalizedTransaction, Action};
 use v1::types::{Bytes, OptionalValue};
 use serde::{Deserializer, Error};
 use ethcore;
-use util;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Default, Serialize)]
 pub struct Transaction {
@@ -53,7 +52,8 @@ pub struct TransactionRequest {
 }
 
 impl TransactionRequest {
-	fn to_eth(self) -> (ethcore::transaction::Transaction, Address) {
+	/// maps transaction request to the transaction that can be signed and inserted
+	pub fn to_eth(self) -> (ethcore::transaction::Transaction, Address) {
 		(ethcore::transaction::Transaction {
 			nonce: self.nonce.unwrap_or(U256::zero()),
 			action: match self.to {
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ impl TransactionRequest {
 			gas: self.gas.unwrap_or(U256::zero()),
 			gas_price: self.gas_price.unwrap_or(U256::zero()),
 			value: self.value.unwrap_or(U256::zero()),
-			data: { let (ref x) = self.data; x }
+			data: self.data.to_vec()
 		}, self.from)
 	}
 }