diff --git a/sidekick/examples/connection.html b/sidekick/examples/connection.html
index 61a1f73..6b2dfd4 100644
--- a/sidekick/examples/connection.html
+++ b/sidekick/examples/connection.html
@@ -27,60 +27,50 @@
 <!-- step 1 detect -->
 
 <h1>1. Detect wallet</h1>
-<button id="detect">Detect</button>
-<h4 id="detected" style="color: red;">not detected</h4>
-<pre id="detect-info"></pre>
+    <button id="detect">Detect</button>
+    <h4 id="detected" style="color: red;">not detected</h4>
+    <pre id="detect-info"></pre>
 
 <h1>2. Connect to wallet</h1>
-<button id="connect">Connect</button>
-<h4 id="connected" style="color: red;">not connected</h4>
-<pre id="connect-info"></pre>
+    <button id="connect">Connect</button>
+    <h4 id="connected" style="color: red;">not connected</h4>
+    <pre id="connect-info"></pre>
 
 <h1>3. Get the wallet address</h1>
-<button id="address">Address</button>
-<h4 id="addressed" style="color: red;">not addressed</h4>
-<pre id="address-info"></pre>
+    <button id="address">Address</button>
+    <h4 id="addressed" style="color: red;">not addressed</h4>
+    <pre id="address-info"></pre>
 
 <h1>4. Sign a transaction</h1>
-
-<h2>4.1 Transaction info (information needed from you)</h2>
-
-<ol>
-<li>Source address (step 3): <code class="pv-address"></code></li>
-<li>Target address: <input type="text" id="tx-info-target" value="ak_wM8yFU8eSETXU7VSN48HMDmevGoCMiuveQZgkPuRn1nTiRqyv"></input></li>
-<li>Amount (aettos): <input type="text" id="tx-info-amount" value="10"></input></li>
-<li>Network: (FIXME: radio buttons)</li>
-</ol>
+    <h2>4.1 Transaction info (information needed from you)</h2>
+        <ol>
+        <li>Source address (step 3): <code class="pv-address"></code></li>
+        <li>Target address: <input type="text" id="tx-info-target" value="ak_wM8yFU8eSETXU7VSN48HMDmevGoCMiuveQZgkPuRn1nTiRqyv"></input></li>
+        <li>Amount (aettos): <input type="text" id="tx-info-amount" value="10"></input></li>
+        <li>Network: (FIXME: radio buttons)</li>
+        </ol>
+    <h2>4.2 Form transaction (using parasite)</h2>
+        <p>This uses a shim JavaScript library called parasite to form the transaction
+        data for the wallet to sign.  In a commercial application, this should be done
+        by your backend</p>
+        <button id='mk-spendtx'>Make SpendTx</button>
+        <h5>SpendTx JS object</h5>
+            <pre id="spendtx-json"></pre>
+        <h5>SpendTx Base64</h5>
+            <pre class="pv-spendtx-base64"></pre>
+    <h2>4.3 Sign the transaction (sidekick)</h2>
+        <ol>
+        <li><pre class="pv-spendtx-base64"></pre></li>
+        </ol>
+        <button id="sign-spendtx">Sign Transaction</button>
+        <h5>Result:</h5>
+            <pre id="sign-spendtx-result"></pre>
+    <h2>4.4 Propagate the transaction (parasite)</h2>
+    <h2>4.5 Verify the transaction was propagated (parasite)</h2>
 
 
-<h2>4.2 Form transaction (using parasite)</h2>
-
-<p>This uses a shim JavaScript library called parasite to form the transaction
-data for the wallet to sign.  In a commercial application, this should be done
-by your backend</p>
-
-<button id='mk-spendtx'>Make SpendTx</button>
-
-<h5>SpendTx JS object</h5>
-<pre id="spendtx-json"></pre>
-
-<h5>SpendTx Base64</h5>
-<pre class="pv-spendtx-base64"></pre>
-
-<h2>4.3 Sign the transaction (sidekick)</h2>
-
-<ol>
-<li><pre class="pv-spendtx-base64"></pre></li>
-</ol>
-
-<button id="sign-spendtx">Sign Transaction</button>
-
-<h5>Result:</h5>
-<pre id="sign-spendtx-result"></pre>
-
-<h2>4.4 Propagate the transaction (parasite)</h2>
-
-<h2>4.5 Verify the transaction was propagated (parasite)</h2>
+<h1>5. Sign a message</h1>
+    <button id="sign-message">Sign Message</button>
 
 <!-- script -->
 <script type="module" src="dist/connection.js"></script>
diff --git a/sidekick/examples/src/connection.ts b/sidekick/examples/src/connection.ts
index 7d6630d..189c882 100644
--- a/sidekick/examples/src/connection.ts
+++ b/sidekick/examples/src/connection.ts
@@ -197,6 +197,13 @@ sign_tx
     document.getElementById("sign-spendtx-result")!.innerHTML = JSON.stringify(signedTx, undefined, 4);
 }
 
+async function sign_msg(logger: sk.Logger): Promise<void> {
+    console.log('poop');
+    let acc_pubkey : string = pv_address;
+    let signed_msg = await sk.msg_sign('sk-msg-sign-1', acc_pubkey, 'I make stinky poo poo', sk.TIMEOUT_DEF_TX_SIGN_NOPROP_MS, 'stinky poo poo too long', logger);
+    console.log('signed message:', signed_msg);
+}
+
 function
 main
     ()
@@ -212,6 +219,7 @@ main
     document.getElementById('address')!.onclick = function() { address(logger); };
     document.getElementById('mk-spendtx')!.onclick = function() { form_tx(logger); };
     document.getElementById('sign-spendtx')!.onclick = function() { sign_tx(logger); };
+    document.getElementById('sign-message')!.onclick = function() { sign_msg(logger); };
 
     //set_pv_address("ak_2XhCkjzTwcq1coXSSzHJoMZkUzTwnjH88zmPGkkowUsFNTo9UE");
 }
diff --git a/sidekick/src/sidekick.ts b/sidekick/src/sidekick.ts
index 06aff63..31f2c06 100644
--- a/sidekick/src/sidekick.ts
+++ b/sidekick/src/sidekick.ts
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ export {
         connect,
         address,
         tx_sign_noprop,
+        msg_sign,
 
     // internals
         sleep,
@@ -777,7 +778,7 @@ msg_sign
      logger         : Logger)
     : Promise<Safe<any, awcp.RpcError | SkTimeoutError>>
 {
-    logger.debug('address', {id:id, params:params, timeout_ms:timeout_ms, timeout_msg:timeout_msg});
+    logger.debug('address', {id:id, account_pubkey:account_pubkey, message:message, timeout_ms:timeout_ms, timeout_msg:timeout_msg});
     let msgr = new MsgR(logger);
     // FIXME: for type purposes, making the correct RPC message should be up here
     // this way we can enforce that it's a correct RPC call with typescript