diff --git a/src/currency_core/account.h b/src/currency_core/account.h
index c11cb4a2..bcb35961 100644
--- a/src/currency_core/account.h
+++ b/src/currency_core/account.h
@@ -72,10 +72,13 @@ namespace currency
       a & m_keys_seed_binary;
     }
 
+    static std::string vector_of_chars_to_string(const std::vector<unsigned char>& v) { return std::string(v.begin(), v.end()); }
+    static std::vector<unsigned char> string_to_vector_of_chars(const std::string& v) { return std::vector<unsigned char>(v.begin(), v.end()); }
+
     BEGIN_KV_SERIALIZE_MAP()
       KV_SERIALIZE(m_keys)
       KV_SERIALIZE(m_creation_timestamp)
-      KV_SERIALIZE(m_keys_seed_binary)
+      KV_SERIALIZE_CUSTOM_N(m_keys_seed_binary, std::string, vector_of_chars_to_string, string_to_vector_of_chars, "m_seed")
     END_KV_SERIALIZE_MAP()
 
   private:
diff --git a/src/currency_core/currency_basic.h b/src/currency_core/currency_basic.h
index 0afcc0f6..b51834b5 100644
--- a/src/currency_core/currency_basic.h
+++ b/src/currency_core/currency_basic.h
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ namespace currency
     END_SERIALIZE()
 
     BEGIN_KV_SERIALIZE_MAP()
-      KV_SERIALIZE_VAL_POD_AS_BLOB_FORCE(spend_public_key)
-      KV_SERIALIZE_VAL_POD_AS_BLOB_FORCE(view_public_key)
+      KV_SERIALIZE_VAL_POD_AS_BLOB_FORCE_N(spend_public_key, "m_spend_public_key")
+      KV_SERIALIZE_VAL_POD_AS_BLOB_FORCE_N(view_public_key, "m_view_public_key")
       KV_SERIALIZE(flags)
     END_KV_SERIALIZE_MAP()