diff --git a/src/components/SettingsView.vue b/src/components/SettingsView.vue
index 88493308..31bb14f0 100644
--- a/src/components/SettingsView.vue
+++ b/src/components/SettingsView.vue
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@
               >
                 <q-item-label title>Use your nsec</q-item-label>
                 <q-item-label caption
-                  >Enter your nostr private key
+                  >This method is dangerous and not recommended
                 </q-item-label>
               </q-item-section>
               <q-item-section side v-if="signerType === 'PRIVATEKEY'">
@@ -445,20 +445,16 @@
 
         <q-item>
           <q-item-section>
-            <q-item-label overline>Link wallet</q-item-label>
+            <q-item-label overline>Nostr Wallet Connect (NWC)</q-item-label>
             <q-item-label caption
-              >Use Nostr Wallet Connect (NWC) to control your wallet from any
-              other application.</q-item-label
+              >Use NWC to control your wallet from any other
+              application.</q-item-label
             >
           </q-item-section>
         </q-item>
         <!-- use a q-toggle to turn nwc on and off -->
         <q-item>
-          <q-toggle
-            v-model="enableNwc"
-            label="Enable Nostr Wallet Connect"
-            color="primary"
-          />
+          <q-toggle v-model="enableNwc" label="Enable NWC" color="primary" />
         </q-item>
         <!-- <q-item>
           <q-btn
diff --git a/src/stores/nostr.ts b/src/stores/nostr.ts
index d02f343b..922d3e38 100644
--- a/src/stores/nostr.ts
+++ b/src/stores/nostr.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ export const useNostrStore = defineStore("nostr", {
       this.ndk.connect();
       this.connected = true;
     },
+    initSignerIfNotSet: async function () {
+      if (!this.signer) {
+        await this.initSigner();
+      }
+    },
     initSigner: async function () {
       if (this.signerType === SignerType.NIP07) {
         await this.initNip07Signer();
@@ -141,6 +146,7 @@ export const useNostrStore = defineStore("nostr", {
         }
       }
       this.privateKeySigner = new NDKPrivateKeySigner(this.privateKeySignerPrivateKey);
+      this.privateKeySignerPrivateKey = bytesToHex(privateKeyBytes);
       this.signerType = SignerType.PRIVATEKEY;
       await this.setSigner(this.privateKeySigner);
       const publicKeyHex = getPublicKey(privateKeyBytes);
diff --git a/src/stores/npubcash.ts b/src/stores/npubcash.ts
index 4f22cc5f..526c131c 100644
--- a/src/stores/npubcash.ts
+++ b/src/stores/npubcash.ts
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ export const useNPCStore = defineStore("npc", {
     },
     generateNip98Event: async function (url: string, method: string, body: string): Promise<string> {
       const nostrStore = useNostrStore()
-      await nostrStore.initSigner()
+      await nostrStore.initSignerIfNotSet()
       const nip98Event = new NDKEvent(new NDK());
       nip98Event.kind = NIP98Kind;
       nip98Event.content = '';