diff --git a/lib/multisigHelpers.js b/lib/multisigHelpers.js
index 4e30aaa3..3e5b861a 100644
--- a/lib/multisigHelpers.js
+++ b/lib/multisigHelpers.js
@@ -51,15 +51,22 @@ const getMultisigAccount = async (address, client) => {
   // is new, and has never submitted a transaction its pubkeys will not be
   // available from a node. If the multisig was created with this instance
   // of this tool its pubkey will be available in the fauna datastore
-  const accountOnChain = await client.getAccount(address);
+  let accountOnChain = await client.getAccount(address);
   const chainId = await client.getChainId();
 
   if (!accountOnChain || !accountOnChain.pubkey) {
+    console.log("No pubkey on chain for: ", address);
     const res = await axios.get(`/api/chain/${chainId}/multisig/${address}`);
 
     if (res.status !== 200) {
       throw new Error("Multisig has no pubkey on node, and was not created using this tool.");
     }
+    const pubkey = JSON.parse(res.data.pubkeyJSON);
+
+    if (!accountOnChain) {
+      accountOnChain = {};
+    }
+    accountOnChain.pubkey = pubkey;
   }
   return accountOnChain;
 };