diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 78fc864c9..2f23fd54f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ test_cover:
 
 test_lint:
 	gometalinter.v2 --config=tools/gometalinter.json ./...
-	!(gometalinter.v2 --disable-all --enable='errcheck' --vendor ./... | grep -v -e "client/" -e "fmt\.Fprintf")
+	!(gometalinter.v2 --disable-all --enable='errcheck' --vendor ./... | grep -v "client/")
 	find . -name '*.go' -type f -not -path "./vendor*" -not -path "*.git*" | xargs gofmt -d -s
 	dep status >> /dev/null
 	!(grep -n branch Gopkg.toml)
diff --git a/cmd/gaia/cli_test/cli_test.go b/cmd/gaia/cli_test/cli_test.go
index e67ac3082..d8d242e5b 100644
--- a/cmd/gaia/cli_test/cli_test.go
+++ b/cmd/gaia/cli_test/cli_test.go
@@ -442,7 +442,6 @@ func unmarshalStdTx(t *testing.T, s string) (stdTx auth.StdTx) {
 func writeToNewTempFile(t *testing.T, s string) *os.File {
 	fp, err := ioutil.TempFile(os.TempDir(), "cosmos_cli_test_")
 	require.Nil(t, err)
-	//	defer os.Remove(signedTxFile.Name())
 	_, err = fp.WriteString(s)
 	require.Nil(t, err)
 	return fp
diff --git a/x/auth/client/rest/sign.go b/x/auth/client/rest/sign.go
index bbbf7f26c..7ec703884 100644
--- a/x/auth/client/rest/sign.go
+++ b/x/auth/client/rest/sign.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ type SignBody struct {
 	ChainID          string     `json:"chain_id"`
 	AccountNumber    int64      `json:"account_number"`
 	Sequence         int64      `json:"sequence"`
+	AppendSig        bool       `json:"append_sig"`
 }
 
 // sign tx REST handler
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ func SignTxRequestHandlerFn(cdc *wire.Codec, cliCtx context.CLIContext) http.Han
 			Sequence:      m.Sequence,
 		}
 
-		signedTx, err := txCtx.SignStdTx(m.LocalAccountName, m.Password, m.Tx, false)
+		signedTx, err := txCtx.SignStdTx(m.LocalAccountName, m.Password, m.Tx, m.AppendSig)
 		if err != nil {
 			utils.WriteErrorResponse(w, http.StatusInternalServerError, err.Error())
 			return