diff --git a/openid-connect-server/src/main/java/org/mitre/jwt/signer/impl/EcdsaSigner.java b/openid-connect-server/src/main/java/org/mitre/jwt/signer/impl/EcdsaSigner.java
index 5230c40ba..bba2623d8 100644
--- a/openid-connect-server/src/main/java/org/mitre/jwt/signer/impl/EcdsaSigner.java
+++ b/openid-connect-server/src/main/java/org/mitre/jwt/signer/impl/EcdsaSigner.java
@@ -217,6 +217,8 @@ public class EcdsaSigner extends AbstractJwtSigner implements InitializingBean {
 	@Override
 	public boolean verify(String jwtString) {
 
+		boolean value = false;
+		
 		// split on the dots
 		List<String> parts = Lists.newArrayList(Splitter.on(".").split(
 				jwtString));
@@ -234,13 +236,13 @@ public class EcdsaSigner extends AbstractJwtSigner implements InitializingBean {
 		try {
 			signer.initVerify(publicKey);
 			signer.update(signingInput.getBytes("UTF-8"));
-			signer.verify(s64.getBytes("UTF-8"));
+			value = signer.verify(Base64.decodeBase64(s64));
 		} catch (GeneralSecurityException e) {
 			logger.error(e);
 		} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
 			logger.error(e);
 		}
 
-		return true;
+		return value;
 	}
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/openid-connect-server/src/main/java/org/mitre/jwt/signer/impl/RsaSigner.java b/openid-connect-server/src/main/java/org/mitre/jwt/signer/impl/RsaSigner.java
index e99208076..66739680b 100644
--- a/openid-connect-server/src/main/java/org/mitre/jwt/signer/impl/RsaSigner.java
+++ b/openid-connect-server/src/main/java/org/mitre/jwt/signer/impl/RsaSigner.java
@@ -253,13 +253,11 @@ public class RsaSigner extends AbstractJwtSigner implements InitializingBean {
 		try {
 			signer.initVerify(publicKey);
 			signer.update(signingInput.getBytes("UTF-8"));
-			value = signer.verify(s64.getBytes("UTF-8"));
+			value = signer.verify(Base64.decodeBase64(s64));
 		} catch (GeneralSecurityException e) {
 			logger.error(e);
-			return false;
 		} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
 			logger.error(e);
-			return false;
 		}
 
 		return value;
diff --git a/openid-connect-server/src/test/java/org/mitre/jwt/JwtTest.java b/openid-connect-server/src/test/java/org/mitre/jwt/JwtTest.java
index 165e1ce4d..bc968a5d4 100644
--- a/openid-connect-server/src/test/java/org/mitre/jwt/JwtTest.java
+++ b/openid-connect-server/src/test/java/org/mitre/jwt/JwtTest.java
@@ -162,7 +162,8 @@ public class JwtTest {
 		signer.sign(jwt);
 
 		String actual = jwt.toString();
-
+		
+		assertThat(signer.verify(actual), equalTo(true));
 		assertThat(actual, equalTo(expected));
 		assertThat(jwt.getSignature(), equalTo(signature));
 	}