diff --git a/app/controllers/authorizations_controller.rb b/app/controllers/authorizations_controller.rb
index e09a0c5180057ac8b417230a555f4f498cd24a43..71d86631d16cc71c4a9d1308f1564044ed8bfb40 100644
--- a/app/controllers/authorizations_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/authorizations_controller.rb
@@ -60,22 +60,23 @@ class AuthorizationsController < ApplicationController
 
   # @param [String] enc_signed_string A Base64 encoded string with app_url;pod_url;time;nonce
   # @param [String] sig A Base64 encoded signature of the decoded signed_string with public_key.
-  # @param [String] public_key The application's public key to verify sig with.
+  # @param [OpenSSL::PKey::RSA] public_key The application's public key to verify sig with.
+  # @return [String] 'ok' or an error message.
   def verify( enc_signed_string, sig, public_key)
     signed_string = Base64.decode64(enc_signed_string)
     split = signed_string.split(';')
     time = split[2]
     nonce = split[3]
 
-    return 'blank public key' if public_key.blank?
+    return 'blank public key' if public_key.n.nil?
+    return 'key too small, use at least 2048 bits' if public_key.n.num_bits < 2048
     return "invalid time" unless valid_time?(time)
     return 'invalid nonce' unless valid_nonce?(nonce)
     return 'invalid signature' unless verify_signature(signed_string, Base64.decode64(sig), public_key)
     'ok'
   end
 
-  def verify_signature(challenge, signature, serialized_pub_key)
-    public_key = OpenSSL::PKey::RSA.new(serialized_pub_key) 
+  def verify_signature(challenge, signature, public_key)
     public_key.verify(OpenSSL::Digest::SHA256.new, signature, challenge)
   end
 
diff --git a/app/models/app_config.rb b/app/models/app_config.rb
index f84a0f46cdbfcb919fc97706522181ee9371d546..37d558714b5c92099b3f1171f07abdee320e789e 100644
--- a/app/models/app_config.rb
+++ b/app/models/app_config.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@ require 'uri'
 
 class AppConfig < Settingslogic
 
-  source File.join(Rails.root, "config", "application.yml")
+  if Rails.env == 'test'
+    source File.join(Rails.root, "config", "application.yml.example")
+  else
+    source File.join(Rails.root, "config", "application.yml")
+  end
   namespace Rails.env
 
   def self.load!
@@ -94,4 +98,4 @@ HELP
     end
     return @@pod_uri
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/spec/chubbies/Gemfile b/spec/chubbies/Gemfile
index 6c1075bdc63f105e1ebbed8374f0e61c663d8f07..e756b9bb8c0b807f379521502908943e5c022cc8 100644
--- a/spec/chubbies/Gemfile
+++ b/spec/chubbies/Gemfile
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ gem 'json'
 gem 'shotgun'
 gem 'sqlite3'
 gem 'activerecord', '3.0.3'
-gem 'diaspora-client',  :path => "~/work/diaspora-client"
+gem 'diaspora-client',  :path => "~/workspace/diaspora-client"
                         #:git => 'git@github.com:diaspora/diaspora-client.git'
diff --git a/spec/chubbies/Gemfile.lock b/spec/chubbies/Gemfile.lock
index 687d76bae0b1da13dcf1a438f06043a51f37353a..b9370ee7c2d6e7eca835f4757bc0089b10f77cb7 100644
--- a/spec/chubbies/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/spec/chubbies/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PATH
-  remote: ~/work/diaspora-client
+  remote: ~/workspace/diaspora-client
   specs:
     diaspora-client (0.0.0)
       activerecord
diff --git a/spec/chubbies/chubbies.private.pem b/spec/chubbies/chubbies.private.pem
index 13c7a9d51e18a59041e4ed6bc5f52d17e981bde8..de262a185822717c5209f098a8de4cebc07a5d4b 100644
--- a/spec/chubbies/chubbies.private.pem
+++ b/spec/chubbies/chubbies.private.pem
@@ -1,15 +1,27 @@
 -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
-MIICXAIBAAKBgQC6PThqopA0Sv1ZrWp+wKz6SPQwWzS2IEGRV1eBE2LEvMk5K2MK
-jZqDF6SeolCPQsDww03qIxbtzXiVFtjBaiDw+fLpbnX3VcfoMlfV3IKMPjD8eFUE
-2ke3tJzHeXLfXhHq5ubX1PrXcsNwHeNrtvviv9G2BhYMjwi49T0YS27rhwIDAQAB
-AoGAUxEhS7asWRalf80wdc6cmJnXiIX1sdIbTKdHWUP7RsLpgX1PlJJqO1RdUYAW
-LH/arMh/xRHXlUOTJ/Rjw4kBnZZpPmKpAmkefqi7ZRTvDNj/aVW2DMi6TGU0lpMV
-TyXKZtO69FK5uFle/I7nftGuUiVAkPIXMrnXM1oxPjCkUWECQQDuNR6JcxCF+Ioj
-bQlemHfwRLyfbAumeXkYyBxdfYu7Sonx+xjptacwWyHTnLaFeoEIAjvrjT0fDNym
-QZA0YAnxAkEAyCZjmMwacCGxYxIWiVDfMBCt1fSOQzOAYCVz12ltW1GkUh1kt1p+
-4ui/q38RGu9s4RRxb7h0WNHtKfU/t2aU9wJAXiKZ1cGmFvt4Q7W0TTC9vTK8w9ej
-5v78LyHtq7iQfsxfJUSQvNMvpfltrb2xl6Ao26xeV6DyNZIUpJMmVLxbUQJBAJfi
-cfAw6tsu5lL9FfcMVOI/tftIA3FBsujDYx4T1jXXRbA+uABf/ywoXdNBsPRUvrYr
-ck3KlxgT7jrJ7pk5kk8CQCqtJ1U6RlTTKY0jnwOASSCDctGhTXQWj44/xyGjJF7I
-4eHuL18xQTjB3Ag+VRK/z8W5mqfgzonotrhc0pSXxvM=
+MIIEpQIBAAKCAQEA6YpLa9kYE0Uh/9fiXOFs8i64ZMR3Nyw4o7YB/X6V1QV195Co
+XoLrayFZqDc1N+WTjKurHISIqXsOjOnpHfrbptXri7qXwMyLDAtgSd+NlTWSnJXJ
+lP03VrdoUp+dtfKTakhDwBFNrdB+vCAzPve6+6ZEMQZGF+YZBfq7VEPG4iKZQ34C
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+66dqumcBE9xKTvrBjPck6cQr/r8za/SnAqxA/80Xq6jZY2rDnF0KQIJ5+RkUzGuA
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+uwaLmE7tzInR0JbEayJXB5lqjv8Y6PiM3CZ3ihh6WJkJhUNRIh8cTxhrLSQSk7PW
+DSSjD2mImTF2VRqjvlYQPHNeeSZUmhdxvezwHBDq1OuRfIpfRZ+7Vwc=
 -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
diff --git a/spec/chubbies/chubbies.public.pem b/spec/chubbies/chubbies.public.pem
index d7905d77259efcc1935afcb6bb2af851c08f6b3c..c1f5857b7e3bb7f2033f55eab00c19e110293c5d 100644
--- a/spec/chubbies/chubbies.public.pem
+++ b/spec/chubbies/chubbies.public.pem
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
------BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----
-MIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQC6PThqopA0Sv1ZrWp+wKz6SPQw
-WzS2IEGRV1eBE2LEvMk5K2MKjZqDF6SeolCPQsDww03qIxbtzXiVFtjBaiDw+fLp
-bnX3VcfoMlfV3IKMPjD8eFUE2ke3tJzHeXLfXhHq5ubX1PrXcsNwHeNrtvviv9G2
-BhYMjwi49T0YS27rhwIDAQAB
------END PUBLIC KEY-----
+-----BEGIN RSA PUBLIC KEY-----
+MIIBCgKCAQEA6YpLa9kYE0Uh/9fiXOFs8i64ZMR3Nyw4o7YB/X6V1QV195CoXoLr
+ayFZqDc1N+WTjKurHISIqXsOjOnpHfrbptXri7qXwMyLDAtgSd+NlTWSnJXJlP03
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+Q5ekXqtpfjM328T8/B+EU4qv+YC2wlHuwL7ztT6/m5rcVtmeunuQVkQueOEZbr6S
+6X4du2+4q1/bkmnAS0f28ZcGlnScOz+XqQIDAQAB
+-----END RSA PUBLIC KEY-----
diff --git a/spec/controllers/authorizations_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/authorizations_controller_spec.rb
index c0ca0b3a43a776accfef7ed6a8271ce81bf291bb..a8f1102b3a5a706991b7942398a2ee6f644bd1af 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/authorizations_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/authorizations_controller_spec.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
 
 describe AuthorizationsController do
+  RSA = OpenSSL::PKey::RSA
+
+  before :all do
+    @private_key = RSA.generate(2048)
+    @public_key = @private_key.public_key
+  end
+
   before do
     sign_in :user, alice 
     @controller.stub(:current_user).and_return(alice)
@@ -22,11 +29,13 @@ describe AuthorizationsController do
         "description"  => "The best way to chub.",
         "homepage_url" => "http://chubbi.es/",
         "icon_url"     => "#",
-        'public_key'   => 'public_key!'
-      }.to_json 
+        "permissions_overview"     => "I will use the permissions this way!",
+      }
+
+      packaged_manifest = {:public_key => @public_key.export, :jwt => JWT.encode(manifest, @private_key, "RS256")}.to_json
 
       stub_request(:get, "http://chubbi.es/manifest.json"). 
-        to_return(:status => 200, :body =>  manifest, :headers => {})
+        to_return(:status => 200, :body =>  packaged_manifest, :headers => {})
 
       @params_hash = {:type => 'client_associate', :manifest_url => "http://chubbi.es/manifest.json" }
     end
@@ -51,7 +60,11 @@ describe AuthorizationsController do
     end
     
     it 'verifies the signable string validity(time,nonce,sig)' do
-      @controller.should_receive(:verify).with('signed_string', 'sig', 'public_key!')
+      @controller.should_receive(:verify){|a,b,c| 
+        a.should == 'signed_string'
+        b.should == 'sig'
+        c.export.should == @public_key.export 
+      }
       post :token,  @params_hash.merge!({:signed_string => 'signed_string', :signature => 'sig'})
     end
   end
@@ -95,40 +108,44 @@ describe AuthorizationsController do
     end
     it 'checks for valid time' do
       @controller.should_receive(:valid_time?).with(@time.to_i.to_s)
-      @controller.verify(Base64.encode64(@signable_string), @sig, 'public_key!')
+      @controller.verify(Base64.encode64(@signable_string), @sig, @public_key)
     end
 
     it 'checks the signature' do
-      @controller.should_receive(:verify_signature).with(@signable_string, 'sig', 'public_key!')
-      @controller.verify(Base64.encode64(@signable_string), @sig, 'public_key!')
+      @controller.should_receive(:verify_signature).with(@signable_string, 'sig', @public_key)
+      @controller.verify(Base64.encode64(@signable_string), @sig, @public_key)
     end
 
     it 'checks for valid nonce' do
       @controller.should_receive(:valid_nonce?).with(@nonce)
-      @controller.verify(Base64.encode64(@signable_string), @sig, 'public_key!')
+      @controller.verify(Base64.encode64(@signable_string), @sig, @public_key)
     end
 
     it 'checks for public key' do
-      @controller.verify(Base64.encode64(@signable_string), @sig, '').should == "blank public key"
+      @controller.verify(Base64.encode64(@signable_string), @sig, RSA.new()).should == "blank public key"
+    end
+    
+    it 'checks key size' do
+      short_key = RSA.generate(100)
+      RSA.stub!(:new).and_return(short_key)
+      @controller.verify(Base64.encode64(@signable_string), @sig, RSA.generate(100).public_key).
+        should == "key too small, use at least 2048 bits"
     end
   end
 
   describe '#verify_signature' do
     before do
-      @private_key = OpenSSL::PKey::RSA.new(File.read(Rails.root + "spec/chubbies/chubbies.private.pem"))
 
       @sig = @private_key.sign(OpenSSL::Digest::SHA256.new, @signable_string)
     end
 
     it 'returns true if the signature is valid' do
-      @public_key = File.read(Rails.root + "spec/chubbies/chubbies.public.pem")
       @controller.verify_signature(@signable_string, @sig, @public_key).should be_true
     end
 
     it 'returns false if the signature is invalid' do
       @signable_string = "something else"
 
-      @public_key = File.read(Rails.root + "spec/chubbies/chubbies.public.pem")
       @controller.verify_signature(@signable_string, @sig, @public_key).should be_false
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/models/app_config_spec.rb b/spec/models/app_config_spec.rb
index d2f974c5eb8c5f584940c833104ac0ee235dcf5b..9c0762059c96aaa35a48f8b916b8a61fe88332fc 100644
--- a/spec/models/app_config_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/app_config_spec.rb
@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ describe AppConfig do
 
   describe ".pod_uri" do
     it "properly parses the pod_url" do
+      AppConfig.pod_uri = nil
+      AppConfig[:pod_url] = "http://example.org"
       pod_uri = AppConfig[:pod_uri]
       pod_uri.scheme.should == "http"
       pod_uri.host.should == "example.org"
@@ -152,7 +154,7 @@ describe AppConfig do
     describe "when setting pod_url" do
       context "with a symbol" do
         it "clears the cached pod_uri" do
-          AppConfig[:pod_uri].host.should == "example.org"
+          AppConfig[:pod_uri].host.should_not == "joindiaspora.com"
           AppConfig[:pod_url] = "http://joindiaspora.com"
           AppConfig[:pod_uri].host.should == "joindiaspora.com"
         end
@@ -163,7 +165,7 @@ describe AppConfig do
       end
       context "with a string" do
         it "clears the cached pod_uri" do
-          AppConfig[:pod_uri].host.should == "example.org"
+          AppConfig[:pod_uri].host.should_not == "joindiaspora.com"
           AppConfig['pod_url'] = "http://joindiaspora.com"
           AppConfig[:pod_uri].host.should == "joindiaspora.com"
         end
@@ -174,4 +176,4 @@ describe AppConfig do
       end
     end
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end