diff --git a/js/controllers/join.js b/js/controllers/join.js
index 4bea5625f..d926fb47b 100644
--- a/js/controllers/join.js
+++ b/js/controllers/join.js
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ angular.module('copayApp.controllers').controller('JoinController',
       walletFactory.network.on('badSecret', function() {});
 
       Passphrase.getBase64Async($scope.joinPassword, function(passphrase) {
-        walletFactory.joinCreateSession($scope.connectionId, $scope.nickname, passphrase, $scope.enterPrivate ? $scope.private : 'null', function(err, w) {
+        walletFactory.joinCreateSession($scope.connectionId, $scope.nickname, passphrase, $scope.enterPrivate ? $scope.private : null, function(err, w) {
           $scope.loading = false;
           if (err || !w) {
             if (err === 'joinError')
diff --git a/js/models/core/WalletFactory.js b/js/models/core/WalletFactory.js
index 846666744..70d28a1ba 100644
--- a/js/models/core/WalletFactory.js
+++ b/js/models/core/WalletFactory.js
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ WalletFactory.prototype.decodeSecret = function(secret) {
 
 
 WalletFactory.prototype.joinCreateSession = function(secret, nickname, passphrase, privateHex, cb) {
+console.log('[WalletFactory.js.218:privateHex:]',privateHex); //TODO
   var self = this;
   var s = self.decodeSecret(secret);
   if (!s) return cb('badSecret');
@@ -228,6 +229,7 @@ WalletFactory.prototype.joinCreateSession = function(secret, nickname, passphras
     privOpts.extendedPrivateKeyString = privateHex;
   }
 
+console.log('[WalletFactory.js.229:privOpts:]',privOpts); //TODO
   //Create our PrivateK
   var privateKey = new PrivateKey(privOpts);
   this.log('\t### PrivateKey Initialized');